Another good reason to use uBlock Origin and select the “Block media elements larger than x KB” option (x defaults to 50).
Edit: Wow! I just tried loading the page and see that the ridiculously large image still loads. That’s a particularly obnoxious website: the image’s HTTP header says that its Content-Length is 0 so it still gets downloaded by the browser.
Edit: Wow! I just tried loading the page and see that the ridiculously large image still loads. That’s a particularly obnoxious website: the image’s HTTP header says that its Content-Length is 0 so it still gets downloaded by the browser.