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> that means being compatible with websites that normal people use

No, new adhering websites would emerge and word of mouth would do the rest : normal people would see this fast nerd-web and want rid of their bloated day-to-day monster of a web life.

One can still hope..

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Just like all those normal people want rid of their bloated day-to-day monster of a web and therefore go and do something like, say, install an ad blocker?

Oh right. 99% of people don't do even that, much less switch their life over to entirely new websites.

> 99% of people

In 2025, depending on the study, it is said that 31.5~42.7% of internet users now block ads. Nearly one-third of Americans (32.2%) use ad blockers, with desktop leading at 37%.

Wow. That's way higher than I thought. Huh!

It actually gives me hope that we may find a way out of the enshittification of the web.

Makes sense because Google felt threatened enough by adblockers to try kneecapping them in at least the 3 ways I'm thinking of

I don't care to run an ad blocker because sites are still bloated and slow.

you know you CAN make small websites with the existing standards already

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