Suggestion: Reduce Ad Resource-Intensity

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DragonGamer231

It appears to be that advertisements on Chess.com increase stress on the processor literally tenfold, consuming up to three gigabytes of RAM instead of the 300 megabytes that are consumed in areas of the site without ads. This heavily slows my computer and reduces its performance to the point where it can disconnect from the lag. This made me lose a winning position against a higher-rated opponent by abandonment and cost me 20 rating points, almost dropping me back into the 1200s in a single game. I have found that at least three consecutive ads are run at the same time, each from a different domain. Please try to reduce the workload on the processor, perhaps by reprogramming the site so that only one ad domain runs at a time, or so that the ads themselves are less resource-intensive or perhaps loaded through a high-memory domain or server that can handle rendering easily on its own (if this is not already done). This will greatly reduce the strain on the processor (which is even a multi-core processor on my computer) and prevent it from taking literally as much as five minutes to register a move after it has been played. It also appears that these domains will constantly unfocus the text caret when loading ads, forcing you to refocus it every three letters you type, so perhaps, if it isn't too much to ask of you, please ensure that the text caret remains focused where it was, as this unfocusing quirk greatly slows typing and can force one to re-type entire sentences, based on their typing method. My 32-gigabyte computer cannot handle the strain well, and has crashed multiple times from simply having one tab open and having any other program running in the background. It would greatly improve my experience and potentially reduce disconnect glitches if the resource-intensity of the ads could be reduced in any way. Removing auto-resignation could also be an option, but it would also allow people to abuse the system on higher time controls. Thank you for your time and your consideration.