Well if you just try to load a news website with and without an ad blocker you will usually notice a huge difference. So yes.

But also, technology has become much more complex compare to the beginning of the internet. So every piece of software is more bloated than it used to be, sometimes for a good reason, sometimes less so.

People sitting on their ass telling others what they should do because “it only takes a minute” is such a stereotype in FOSS that I didn’t think I would see a real one in the wild. Wow.

Interesting, thank you! And sorry you get downvoted for being the only one trying to answer a genuine question.

This doesn’t sound really crazy, I think it’s relatively standard in Europe. How long is it currently in the US (for states that haven’t banned abortion…)?

My boss pays for it! I don’t use it that much, but it’s pretty useful from time to time instead of going through a bunch of unrelated Google results.