The Economist (economist.com)

“The Economist is an English-language weekly magazine-format newspaper owned by the Economist Group” – Source

Ethical design violations

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After Better

Summary of site performance statistics (before & after Better)

BeforeAfterImprovement
Requests: 277 requests 92 requests 3.0×
Weight: 3.2 MB 1.85 MB 42%
Speed: 1.37 minutes 31.04 seconds 2.6×

Statistics by Better Inspector based on the page as on Saturday, November 10th 2018

Hide gaps left by blocked behavioural advertising

- trigger:
  - url-filter: economist.com
  - load-type: first-party
- action:
  - selector: .fe-blogs__top-ad-wrapper
  - type: css-display-none
- trigger:
  - url-filter: www.economist.com
  - load-type: first-party
- action:
  - selector: .fe-blogs__top-ad-wrapper
  - type: css-display-none

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