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'Your Frustration Is the Product': How the Ad-Supported Web Became Hostile to Readers Tech

2026-03-19T15:29:17.000Z

John Gruber and Shubham Bose deliver a devastating critique of the modern web: NYT loads 49MB for 4 headlines, The Guardian shows article text on only 11% of mobile screen space, and autoplay videos i

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