Towards Building Better Mobile Web Browsers for Ad Blocking

Heitmann, Nadja; Pirker, Benedikt; Park, Sang-Young; Chakraborty, Samarjit

doi:10.1145/3372799.3394372

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“…In every iteration of the experiment, it was considered mandatory to thoroughly purge all persistent website data, including cache, cookies, and browsing history, and to ensure that the browser settings were consistent across all trials. Furthermore, it was observed that certain studies disabled the cache totally [15], [37], [41], [45], [54], [60], [62].…”

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“…[3], [16], [26], [27], [30], [31], [31]- [34], [39], [43], [46], [47], [49], [50], [59] Hardware-based 24 [14], [15], [28], [29], [35], [37], [38], [40], [41], [44], [45], [51]- [56], [58], [60], [62]- [65], [67] Estimation-based 4 [36], [42], [48], [61] supplier profiles) on the device and can be accessed via the Android Debug Bridge, for further analysis, even on a single hardware unit [30], [32], [33]. An alternative for devices with Qualcomm chips was Trepn Profiler [31], [32], [49], [50].…”

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Energy-Saving Strategies for Mobile Web Apps and their Measurement: Results from a Decade of Research

Benedikt

Felderer

2023

2023 IEEE/ACM 10th International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems (MOBILESoft)

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In 2022, over half of the web traffic was accessed through mobile devices. By reducing the energy consumption of mobile web apps, we can not only extend the battery life of our devices, but also make a significant contribution to energy conservation efforts. For example, if we could save only 5% of the energy used by web apps, we estimate that it would be enough to shut down one of the nuclear reactors in Fukushima. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of energy-saving experiments and related approaches for mobile web apps, relevant for researchers and practitioners. To achieve this objective, we conducted a systematic literature review and identified 44 primary studies for inclusion. Through the mapping and analysis of scientific papers, this work contributes: (1) an overview of the energy-draining aspects of mobile web apps, (2) a comprehensive description of the methodology used for the energy-saving experiments, and (3) a categorization and synthesis of various energy-saving approaches.

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Energy-Saving Strategies for Mobile Web Apps and their Measurement: Results from a Decade of Research

Benedikt

Felderer

2023

2023 IEEE/ACM 10th International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems (MOBILESoft)

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“…First, we target popular browsers which are indeed used in the wild. Second, we target adblocking browsers -either native or enhanced with adblocking addons -because of the potential energy benefits associated with adblocking [21,22]. Finally, we target browsers which advertise energy saving capabilities.…”

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“…Last but not least, [22] analyzes the power consumption of the Brave browser, with respect to adblocking functionalities, over the Odroid-XU3 development board [14]. We also report numbers with respect to Brave, but in the context of two real Android devices.…”

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“…In the last years, there has been a growing interest in reducing browsers (and apps in general) power consumption, motivated by the ever-increasing phone usage and app complexity. Adblocking-either in the form of an addon [4,5] or directly integrated in the browser [6-8]-is probably the most popular feature which has recently been connected with battery savings [21,22]. Dark theme [9] is another feature which, originally introduced for eye strains, is now credited with high battery savings in presence of AMOLED screens which effectively turn pixels off when dark.…”

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On the Battery Consumption of Mobile Browsers

Varvello,

Livshits

2020

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Mobile web browsing has recently surpassed desktop browsing both in term of popularity and traffic. Following its desktop counterpart, the mobile browsers ecosystem has been growing from few browsers (Chrome, Firefox, and Safari) to a plethora of browsers, each with unique characteristics (battery friendly, privacy preserving, lightweight, etc.). In this paper, we introduce a browser benchmarking pipeline for Android browsers encompassing automation, in-depth experimentation, and result analysis. We tested 15 Android browsers, using Cappuccino a novel testing suite we built for third party Android applications. We perform a batterycentric analysis of such browsers and show that: 1) popular browsers tend also to consume the most, 2) adblocking produces significant battery savings (between 20 and 40% depending on the browser), and 3) dark mode offers an extra 10% battery savings on AMOLED screens. We exploit this observation to build AttentionDim, a screen dimming mechanism driven by browser events. Via integration with the Brave browser and 10 volunteers, we show potential battery savings up to 30%, on both devices with AMOLED and LCD screens.

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