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[โ€“] filcuk@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" - or laziness/incompetence/lack of care in this case.

This happens regularly even on sites with no ads.
You give these people far too much credit.

[โ€“] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

No that was true 10-20 years ago, prior to the online advertising systems becoming so refined. They used to just send an ad with a general size, horizontal, vertical, etc.

It's too common and stick website designs take advertising sizes and loading into account now, so despite constant complaints now it has to be intentional.