Would the internet be significantly faster if there wasn't so much farming of metadata / cookies?
I grew up during the dial up era of internet and remember how insane it was each time the technology improved, broadband, dsl, fiber etc.
I wouldn't expect pages to instantly load, but I have to imagine all the data farming is causing sites to be extremely bogged down.
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Reminds me of one of my favorite websites: https://motherfuckingwebsite.com
And I read every single word on that page.
Motherfucker.
(Thanks! I'll be sharing this with a tenant here for school for web design.)
Don't miss parts 2 and 3:
http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/
https://thebestmotherfucking.website/
On a slightly less satire-y level, I enjoy using plaintextsports.com when discussing sportsball. Loads quick, without a lot of nonsense. It is quite hilarious how long it takes for someone to load up and find up to date info on, say, espn or the local newsstaion site.
I checked it out, pretty lightweight. It's funny, when you click on a game to go to the website it's hosted on it's a night-and-day experience of slow loading due to cookie permissions, video players loading/playing, etc.