Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by robotmay » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 11:41 AM UTC

superleo2020 wrote: post #130

lemonade5117 wrote: post #110

I think OP is asking for privacy related extensions but here’s a fun one that I use: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nicolas-cage/fjgbn... It replaces every instance of “god” on your current web page with “Nicolas Cage.” Gets me every time.

I don't understand this. Why would you replace Nicolas Cage with Nicolas Cage?

Sounds like the plot for Face/Off sequel where Nicolas Cage swaps his face with himself, Nicolas Cage.

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by ajot » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 11:43 AM UTC

treenurse wrote: post #23

I only use extensions with low permissions: * Twitter to Nitter https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nitter-redire... * Remove YouTube Suggestions https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remove-youtub... * Reddit to Teddit https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reddit-to-ted... I enable: * strict tracking protection * privacy.resistFingerprinting * First party isolation I'm considering using…

You could replace two of those extensions with Redirector: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by mrweasel » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 11:44 AM UTC

dnautics wrote: post #37

I use cultivate to know country of origin on products I buy, though I am open to better alternatives, if someone knows one

Is there a solution of other countries? Cultivate seems to focus on "Made in the US", which is great if you're in the US, but if you're in Europe you might prefer stuff made closer to you.

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by timdaub » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 11:44 AM UTC

- adnauseam

- Facebook Container

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by swissfunicular » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 11:45 AM UTC

Privacy

- uBlock Origin (block ads and trackers)

- Decentraleyes (locally emulate CDN)

- Privacy Badger (from EFF)

- AdNauseam (in conjunction with uBlock)

- Canvas Blocker (Fingerprint Protect)

- Privacy Redirects (redirect social media sites to their privacy friendly front ens, eg twitter --> nitter)

Other Privacy tools - Tracking Token Stripper (removes tracking part from URL)

- minerBlock (blocks miners from using your CPU for cryptos)

- WebRTC Leak Prevent

- Location Guard (spoof location, not very effective)

- Agentium (User Agent Switcher)

From Google - Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on

- IBA Opt-out

Convenience - Password Manager (I use Bitwarden)

- Dark Reader

- Save Webpages Offline As MHTML (saves as single file)

Not an extension

- In-built DNS-over-HTTPS (I use BlahDNS/NextDNS as additional layer for adblocking and privacy)

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by enriquto » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 11:48 AM UTC

npteljes wrote: post #127

enriquto wrote: post #21

If you are not into whitelisting you'll hate uMatrix. But uMatrix is great.

uMatrix is also deprecated. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uMatrix-issues/issues/291#is...

This is really sad. I hope somebody will take on its development!

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by prohobo » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 11:48 AM UTC

karaterobot wrote: post #11

Sponsorblock for Youtube: users mark segments of videos that have sponsored content, and the extension skips over them. It also skips past introductions and interaction reminders.

I kind of object to this because it's directly messing with creators' efforts. Obviously I'm not telling people not to use it, but I think it's worth thinking about the channels/creators you enjoy - especially if they've been demonetized by Youtube.

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by genidoi » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 11:49 AM UTC

FakeSpot - filters out amazon / ebay search results that have high rates of fake reviews

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by kilroy123 » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 11:54 AM UTC

Here is my list:

- uBlock Origin (blocks ads)

- Privacy Badger (blocks trackers and what not)

- I don't care about cookies (I'm in Europe where it's cookie banner hell)

- 1pass or lastpass (password manger)

- SponsorBlock for YouTube (skip YouTube promotion sections)

- Bypass Paywalls Clean (skip the payways on many different sites)

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by jlkuester7 » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 11:58 AM UTC

plibither8 wrote: post #153

loufe wrote: post #152

I've seen all of my used addons recommended by others but here's what hits it for me: -SponsorBlock (incredible boost to Youtube tolerability) -uBlock Origin (created and maintained by a Québecois!) --Don't forget to addd annoyances and malware lists to configuration! -Refined hacker news (small nice changes for the site). -cookies auto-delete.

Refined Hacker News [0] author here, thanks for the mention :) [0]: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news

Another happy user checking in. Thanks for the plugin!