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Ad Blockers Improve Load Times, Cut Down On Data Consumption
- The New York Times, Thursday, October 1, 2015 3:52 PM
Ad-blocking apps for the iPhone significantly improved load times and cut down on data consumption at a number of Web sites, the New York Times reports. Boston.com, for instance, measured 19.4 MB with ads, but only 4 MB with an ad blocker. On the 4G network, the site loaded in 39 seconds with ads, and 8 seconds without ads.
