I've been complaining about this crap for the better part of a decade... longer probably no matter how much i yell at devs no one listens. I gave up front end design in the 2000's.. back when you had to assume people where still on a 33.6k connection. the front page with a back ground image that just says "Company name - slogan" and you have to scroll below the fold to get any content, and those auto loading corner videos piss me off too. I have a GB connection. I block whole sites that do this. FanSided (sports blogging platform) for example Props to Luke for helping spread the word.

natgeo's website is horrendously slow if the page contains their own video content

He got some valid points but I think his message could be formulated in a better way.

> man with crappy internet complains that images load slowly