Critique of PC Gamer's Bloated 37MB Webpage with Intrusive Ads and Popups
By
JumpCrisscross
Plain bagel done well. Pleasantly substantive.
Summary
The article criticizes a PC Gamer webpage for excessive bloat and poor user experience, noting that a 37MB webpage continued downloading nearly half a gigabyte of data within five minutes. The author highlights intrusive elements including multiple popups (notification and newsletter), a dimmed background, and at least five visible ads that obscure the actual content. The critique focuses on the irony of a technology publication recommending RSS readers while having such a bloated, ad-heavy website.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledthis is a whopping 37MB webpage on initial load
In the five minutes since I started writing this post the website has downloaded almost half a gigabyte of new
a notification popup, a newsletter popup that obscures the article, and a dimmed background with at least five visible ads
yes, five ads, a title and a subtitle
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