Internet has become too slow - I can't open many websites (especially news)
10-27-2016, 09:54 PM
As others have said, uBlock Origin and Disconnect together take care of a lot of the issues.
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Quote: (10-28-2016 05:05 AM)Mercenary Wrote:
Also, another important aspect of this....when I travel abroad where bandwidth and internet connections are weaker, no amount of modern devices, add-ons and script blockers is going to help me get access to the websites I want. So we live in a world where even in countries with men that have the relevant tech knowledge, still cannot access a lot of the information out there.
Quote: (10-28-2016 05:05 AM)Mercenary Wrote:
While the established powers have not been able to undo net neutrality in a "de-jure" sense (by law) they are destroying it in a "de-facto" sense (in reality).
Quote: (10-28-2016 05:05 AM)Mercenary Wrote:
This isn't an issue with a specific machine I'm using, rather an overall problem I have noticed in the past 5 years on multiple devices I use both at home, at work, and in other countries (internet cafes, hotel computers, laptops & smartphones my friends abroad have, etc)
A lot of the advice here is sound and helpful and I appreciate everyone's very smart suggestions which I will implement, but the fact that we have to constantly change and update computers & browsers, use anti viruses and firewalls, and download a bunch of add-ons to block scripts, videos and gifs just shows how bad the situation has become.
Most guys in the 15 to 50 year age range are pretty tech savy....but try explaining this to your parents or girlfriend over the phone when they have problems opening a website. Anyone who has tried this knows how difficult and frustrating it is.
My point here is that a lot of important information is becoming inaccessible to those who aren't really tech savy....which means most females and most senior citizens.
Also, another important aspect of this....when I travel abroad where bandwidth and internet connections are weaker, no amount of modern devices, add-ons and script blockers is going to help me get access to the websites I want. So we live in a world where even in countries with men that have the relevant tech knowledge, still cannot access a lot of the information out there.
While the established powers have not been able to undo net neutrality in a "de-jure" sense (by law) they are destroying it in a "de-facto" sense (in reality).
Quote: (10-27-2016 09:42 PM)Kona Wrote:
I have this satellite service also that is super fast.
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Quote: (10-27-2016 08:36 PM)la bodhisattva Wrote:
I've noticed that ROK runs like shit on Chrome (yes, Chrome, I know). DailyWire and Breitbart also lag like hell. It's made me suspicious.
Quote: (10-27-2016 04:04 PM)XPQ22 Wrote:
Install the latest Xubuntu and Chrome with Adblock on a three year old $150 laptop, and you can have 25 tabs of modern garbage-plugin-filled websites up with no trouble at all, and your chances of being pwned by 'sploits are slim to none, even with no additional effort. Slap a $49 256 gig solid state drive in there and enjoy going from cold to a fully functional desktop in about 12 seconds.
Unless you do music production or graphic design, or play a ton of vidja games (which you really shouldn't), there isn't much reason to use Windows anymore. And it's easy to set up a dual boot if you absolutely must sometimes.
Quote: (10-30-2016 05:40 PM)zigZag Wrote:
OP: What are the specs of the computer you're using to browse the web? What browser, Processor, Memory, HD etc....
Quote: (10-28-2016 05:05 AM)Mercenary Wrote:
Also, another important aspect of this....when I travel abroad where bandwidth and internet connections are weaker, no amount of modern devices, add-ons and script blockers is going to help me get access to the websites I want. So we live in a world where even in countries with men that have the relevant tech knowledge, still cannot access a lot of the information out there.
Quote: (10-28-2016 07:44 AM)DaveR Wrote:
What does this mean? Most sites I know that provide important information are not the ones clinging to advertising-based revenue streams. The reason mainstream media sites are slow is that they're packed full of spyware, adware, and social media, which are their main revenue sources today. That they are dying is a positive in my opinion.
Quote: (10-28-2016 05:05 AM)Mercenary Wrote:
While the established powers have not been able to undo net neutrality in a "de-jure" sense (by law) they are destroying it in a "de-facto" sense (in reality).
Quote: (10-28-2016 07:44 AM)DaveR Wrote:
Net neutrality is about ISPs and/or governments blocking, rate limiting ('shaping'), or providing preferential access to certain resources. Is that what you had in mind? Nothing in this thread has demonstrated any interference of that nature.
Quote: (10-28-2016 04:37 AM)Wreckingball Wrote:
Get a decent browser: Firefox, or Opera.
Download ublock origin and either privacy badger or disconnect.
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Advantages overview
For me the biggest advantage is ad blocking on all devices on the network (phones, tablets, all computers). It blocks in app ads on iOS, android and WP.
Beside that, it caches DNS queries, which makes DNS lookups faster (for example once you lookup the address for reddit.com (which may take 50ms) from your desktop, the Pi will remember it, and next time you ask for resdit.com from your phone, the DNS request will only take 2ms, because its already cached on the Pi).
The third advantage is faster loading times of web pages, because it doesn't have to load all the ads (and lookup their addresses again!). The Pi is actually also a small web server, which serves a very tiny blank web page, and this tiny web page (lets say 1 byte) is loaded instead of 100kB ad banner on your phone, actual deciding what is ad and what isn't is already processed on the Pi, leaving your phones resources to display the actual content instead of wasting it on ads.
Quote: (11-03-2016 02:05 PM)churros Wrote:
Quote: (10-27-2016 09:54 PM)GlobalMan Wrote:
As others have said, uBlock Origin and Disconnect together take care of a lot of the issues.
But wait – do both these add-ons do exactly the same thing, or are they doing something different?
Quote: (10-31-2016 06:50 PM)Valentine Wrote:
The real booster however would be setting up a Pi-Hole - which is a Raspberry Pi that basically blocks ads from even being downloaded to your network.
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Advantages overview
For me the biggest advantage is ad blocking on all devices on the network (phones, tablets, all computers). It blocks in app ads on iOS, android and WP.
Beside that, it caches DNS queries, which makes DNS lookups faster (for example once you lookup the address for reddit.com (which may take 50ms) from your desktop, the Pi will remember it, and next time you ask for resdit.com from your phone, the DNS request will only take 2ms, because its already cached on the Pi).
The third advantage is faster loading times of web pages, because it doesn't have to load all the ads (and lookup their addresses again!). The Pi is actually also a small web server, which serves a very tiny blank web page, and this tiny web page (lets say 1 byte) is loaded instead of 100kB ad banner on your phone, actual deciding what is ad and what isn't is already processed on the Pi, leaving your phones resources to display the actual content instead of wasting it on ads.