I did a fresh linux install a few months ago. Installed Firefox, no addons, went to the New York Times. My underpowered laptop screamed while it waited for the page and all its beautiful javascript to load, and then whined annoyingly, opened another page somewhere else, more screaming and whining; the browser was essentially unusable.
Closed the pages, installed uBlockOrigin, and I had my browser back.
Sorry NYT, but if you ever want me to see an ad again (I'm not opposed to them), you're going to have to do something about your pages, and you're going to have to police your ad networks for my privacy and protection. (But, I suppose it's specifically my privacy that you're selling, so I guess the wait will be long.)
Closed the pages, installed uBlockOrigin, and I had my browser back.
Sorry NYT, but if you ever want me to see an ad again (I'm not opposed to them), you're going to have to do something about your pages, and you're going to have to police your ad networks for my privacy and protection. (But, I suppose it's specifically my privacy that you're selling, so I guess the wait will be long.)