Is this normal memory pressure for an M5 Pro chip?!

[rosie.macEvans]

Most users will probably still buy them because they’re already locked into the Apple ecosystem and don’t easily switch. Price might make some think twice, but it won’t change habits for most people.

 

[Omega Mac]

As for web development:

back when I built and maintained the website for our men's choir here in the village, I was able to do everything using clean HTML5 and CSS3; there was no need for PHP or JavaScript. That’s why I wonder why some people overcomplicate things so much.

There is a real organic yearning for and some move back to hand coded sites. These are so lit I wonder is there a very dedicated hosting solution for this type of web 1.0, maybe where you can have lots of sites for those who don't want to play around with nginx, as basic website is hardly anything in data load terms, especially if you're text only, and now we have webp image format!

I think primarily the complications comes from basically advertising.

Even though I run old macs I've noticed it's the web experience (and chronic multi tab disorder) that gives me that "I need a new machine" feeling or sense of need more power, more than anything especially the last 3 years. Installing some blockers like uBlock helps, there is more to be done but have no got around to it.

 

[Omega Mac]

I had brief look at activity monitor and this one was the highest offenders in the moment

The archive version ot the site to avoid direct connecting - https://archive.is/4AdFm

uBlock was spitting out hundreds of blocks alerts, around 500+, and when I navigated back to it it jumped another 100/150 blocks, that's just one site!

I wonder what LinkedIn is like with uBlock turned on 🫣

 

[thejadedmonkey]

A basic and low-traffic site made from html files (and only html files) can be hosted on aws for pennies per year.

If you want interactivity, it's more, but it's still nowhere near as heavy as sites like LinkedIn. LinkedIn is particularly egregious as they monitor everything you do, down to mouse movement, on the site.

A modern website made using react or angular, but without all of the advertising SDKs and metric collections, is every bit as fast as an old school html site.

 

[Flynnsworth]

I wonder what LinkedIn is like with uBlock turned on 🫣

I am also wondering. I have no doubt that Safari handles memory better, but the advantage of a (stripped down) Chromium based browser or Firefox is better compatibility with the latest web standards and full featured blockers such as uBlock.

Ungoogled Chromium with uBlock works for me. Brave with uBlock worked before that.. Firefox with uBlock also works and is a decent option if you hate Chrome.

Maybe Safari beats all of those combos but if it did, I personally still would not use it as I don’t like it.

 

[boswald]

I used to use Wipr to block things on the web, but found that it often missed a few things, so I switched to AdGuard. Works like a charm. I can't even imagine the Wild West the web has become without an ad-blocker these days. Have you considered using a third-party ad-blocking DNS service like AdGuard/NextDNS to block some of that crap?

 

[MrGunny94]

I used to use Wipr to block things on the web, but found that it often missed a few things, so I switched to AdGuard. Works like a charm. I can't even imagine the Wild West the web has become without an ad-blocker these days. Have you considered using a third-party ad-blocking DNS service like AdGuard/NextDNS to block some of that crap?

I'm using NextDNS and with the right lists especially for regional websites works wonders.

 

[boswald]

I'm using NextDNS and with the right lists especially for regional websites works wonders.

I have NextDNS AND AdGuard and I've yet to see anything. Probably overkill, but according to the logs, there's a few things that even NextDNS has missed.

 

[Charlie Bonesx]

I used to use Wipr to block things on the web, but found that it often missed a few things, so I switched to AdGuard. Works like a charm. I can't even imagine the Wild West the web has become without an ad-blocker these days. Have you considered using a third-party ad-blocking DNS service like AdGuard/NextDNS to block some of that crap?

I have adguard on my router, all my devices wherever they are, run through my router via Tailscale

when I see people browsing the web without it is mind blowing. On mobile in particular, it looks completely unusable

 

[MrGunny94]

I have adguard on my router, all my devices wherever they are, run through my router via Tailscale

when I see people browsing the web without it is mind blowing. On mobile in particular, it looks completely unusable

Funny thing is that here in Europe most if not almost all people I see are browsing their phones full of dads.

In the gyms I see ton of people listening to music in Youtube without any Premium or anything and stopping ads. Tons of time I see this when I'm picking up weights lol

 

[BSDnostalgia]

Funny thing is that here in Europe most if not almost all people

Something didn't quite come through.

Regardless, can you explain how ads behave differently in the EU?

 

[MrGunny94]

Something didn't quite come through.

Regardless, can you explain how ads behave differently in the EU?

Well the ads approach in the EU is mainly driven by the General Data Protection Regulation aka GDPR. It requires explicit, opt-in consent for tracking cookies and data collection, therefore users must actively agree to be tracked, it's still full of pop-ups and far more annoying than just accepting cookies.