i want to read an article.
things i have to do to read that article:
click "read more". there is no functional purpose behind this other than, i assume, analytics. (the content is already loaded, and you can see this by just disconnecting.)
close multiple "please subscribe to our newsletter" popups.
pause an auto-playing "related video" about something that has nothing to do with the article.
skip over repeated blocks of "you might also want to read..."
i'm reading THIS. leave me alone.
@Xkeeper
I think the "Read More" button is meant to get the use to enable JavaScript. Some users disable JavaScript for privacy reasons until the user initiates a script themselves. So, the "Read More" button runs a script that loads the rest of the content, but doing this allows the page's tracking scripts and advertising scripts to run too. The content doesn't load unless the host can make money off of it.
@hitstun the content is already there, just hidden, so it's not that. you can disable networking and it will still appear. i think it's for metrics/tracking, as you do