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That's an outdated statistic. There's way too much javascript and unwanted video and other effects on the web today that your battery is still getting hammered. Turn off javascript today and you'll probably get huge battery savings.


Of course it's outdated. This post was from 2010. Flash was used everywhere in 2010, of course disabling it gave you more battery life.


There is a bunch of cruft on the web today but that doesn't change the fact that Flash ads suck up far more battery than any other ads.




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