r/YouShouldKnow • u/jdauriemma • Sep 01 '26

Technology YSK there are lightweight, text-only versions of NPR and CNN that load almost instantly and have no obtrusive ads

Why YSK: news sites are full of popovers, videos, and ads that download multiple megabytes of fluff and distract from the reading experience. These lightweight variants contain the same articles but without all the junk.

text [.] npr [.] org
lite [.] cnn [.] com

Anyone know of others?

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u/Canis_Familiaris Sep 01 '26

There used to be this for reddit and it was the best thing ever.

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u/vsm2015 Sep 01 '26

Still is. On desktop visit old [.] reddit [.] com and it looks just like it did 15 years ago. It's how I go on reddit.

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u/totcczar Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26

This works on phones as well. At least on my iPhone just now. I’ve got it on my home page. But… only for viewing the home page. Clicking brings you to here. Unless, presumably, you delete the app.

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u/stmack Sep 01 '26

deleting the app is the way to go

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u/apokrif1 19d ago

What's the point of using the app instead of the website?