If you simply google:

the first website in the search results is this piece of bloatware, MillerAutoPlaza:

Why are they asking for my location? There’s 3 different popups going on here.

Just look at the treemap for this site. Countless bloatware trackers, APIs and Javascript downloads just to load the page (9mb of it to be precise!):

Oh, and also, Miller is hiring if you’re interested in joining the team.

I want to change my tire! Get off my back, and stop trying to make money off me for one second while I solve this tire crisis.

How to avoid these bloated websites

Using a Google search trick, we can avoid seeing any of these bloated sites ever again.

To do this, we’ll limit the Google search results to only domains with the .edu TLD.

Why would we do this?

Well, think about it this way: MillerAutoPlaza’s intentions in publishing that “tutorial” on how to change your tire is not meant to inform. It’s meant to find new hires for MillerAutoPlaza, and track your location for use in marketing. As a business, they want to make more money.

Nothing wrong with that, making money is noble. But right now, I’d really just love MillerAutoPlaza and their bloat trackers to fuck off, kindly.

Universities (sites with the .edu TLD) also want to make money. But, Universities make their money by paying professors to spread knowledge; MillerAutoPlaza makes their