Towards a more sustainable (and no less attractive) network of networks
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2024 9:00 am
Brands and digital giants also have a lot to say when it comes to building a more environmentally friendly network of networks. It is in their hands, for now, to make the Internet a place focused on purpose. Advertisements, for example, gobble up a large part of the space available on the web and, beyond generating carbon emissions, fuel visual pollution and contribute to tarnishing the Internet user experience on the network of networks.
In its version for the European Union and in hong kong telephone number data order to properly comply with the GDPR, the USA Today newspaper , for example, chose to eliminate all advertising on its website , which immediately went from weighing 5 megabytes to a weight of just 500 kilobytes.
Unfortunately, it's hard to imagine more sites following USA Today's lead , since advertising pays the bills (at least for the most part) on the Internet.
In order to reduce the (absolutely colossal) carbon footprint left behind by Internet users on the Internet, it is also important for them to be aware of this carbon footprint. Perhaps the large Internet companies should warn users when they reach certain limits of CO2 emissions each day.
Carbonalyser , a browser extension, allows us, without going any further, to visualize in real time how the (extraordinarily intensive) use we make of the Internet is depleting the environment.
In its version for the European Union and in hong kong telephone number data order to properly comply with the GDPR, the USA Today newspaper , for example, chose to eliminate all advertising on its website , which immediately went from weighing 5 megabytes to a weight of just 500 kilobytes.
Unfortunately, it's hard to imagine more sites following USA Today's lead , since advertising pays the bills (at least for the most part) on the Internet.
In order to reduce the (absolutely colossal) carbon footprint left behind by Internet users on the Internet, it is also important for them to be aware of this carbon footprint. Perhaps the large Internet companies should warn users when they reach certain limits of CO2 emissions each day.
Carbonalyser , a browser extension, allows us, without going any further, to visualize in real time how the (extraordinarily intensive) use we make of the Internet is depleting the environment.