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AnandTech makes the worst list, with 469 to 71 requests and 4.5 MB to 0.45 MB page size: https://webtest.app/?url=https://anandtech.com

Nobody cares, everybody just wants to monetize, while not even knowing which of those requests result in revenue. Just load everything and see what happens!

And most of the visitors don't even know why the page is so slow. Better buy a new device...

Most Denver Post users live with it so why should they care? It's not like they're gonna go "hey, this website makes too many requests, I'm going to go to the colorado statesman instead" or whatever.

No, but they're going "hey, since I installed uBlock Origin that my geek friend recommended this is loading a lot faster, I should tell my friends".

Of course, this is a tragedy of the commons - one web site improving won't affect the experience enough to make users change behavior, but all of them behaving as badly as they do forces people to use ad blockers.

Lots of sites that are basically unusable on mobile from multiple overlays covering the actual page are suddenly just fine when using pi hole. Everything gets much faster, much lighter and much easier to read.