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>open news article
>anywhere from 10-20+ scripts immediately try to run
>video in the corner autoplays
>page scrolling slows to a crawl
>closeable banner obscures the article asking to pay a subscription
>browser RAM usage goes from 1 GB to 2 GB from this one tab
>browser is now also using one of my cores at 99%
>if I block the scripts, sometimes the article is just a blank space
At what point did mainstream web developers say "fuck it" and use early 2000s porn sites as inspiration for their core design philosophy? All that's missing are some popup windows and malware being dropped from flash ads.
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The solution is simple: Don't read forbes.
Everything you need is on archive.is, or can be summarized by >>>/news/
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>>59991452
Your only savior is adblockers and scriptblockers.
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>>59991473
Forbes isn't the only one that does this, but they are one of the worst.
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You need to find the right component to enable. It's funny looking at those sites with uMatrix and seeing dozens and dozens of different plugins and scripts it wants to run
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>>59991452
Run Flashblock and be amazed at the amount of flash shit (probably enhanced tracking garbage) is on sites that are otherwise not flash enabled.
Fuck 'em, use uBlock.
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>>59991546
I hate Forbes.
I hate accidentally clicking on links to Forbes.
I want to block Forbes from appearing in my Google search results.
I want to give them NOTHING
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