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As mentioned in another comment, https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect seems to be more relevant for privacy minded folks.
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There’s an iOS extension for Safari that does this; I think it’s a $5 one-time purchase. The functionality is also available on Insight Browser (a YC company), which offers various other browsing enhancements.
Do you have a link to the extension? I looked for something like this a while back but couldn’t find one.
Hyperweb [4] offers a multi-function extension that blocks AMP and does many other things. It's free to download, though I think they may start charging for some features (hopefully not this one!) at some point. They're a YC company and there are some HN-specific features as well.
1: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amplosion-redirect-amp-links/i...
2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28678684
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If it still uses onBeforeRequest won't that stop working with Manifest V3? At least on Chrome?
So stop using chrome... Why use a browser that is literally killing functionality to help there business model instead of favouring privacy?
I used to use Redirector ... until my need changes and needed fine-grain control over what to redirect. And then I saw Request Control. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/requestcontro... Why I replaced Redirector with Request Control is because of its much more powerful features such as match by different document types (script, image, media, etc), its in-built variable (such as {protocol}, {hostname}, {…
If it still uses onBeforeRequest won't that stop working with Manifest V3? At least on Chrome?
Also, I don't use Chrome. :P
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I like to sync bookmarks, tabs, and history, tabs so if I open a page on my browser and leave it open, my phone will tell me what I am working on on the other machine. Same for history and bookmarks. There's really no downside I can think of in this feature.
Well, the downside is that you have to use the same browser on two different machines. And it doesn't have to be that way, and of all the companies you could expect, Mozilla shouldn't make it that way. But it is a useful feature.
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Not to pick on you, but why do you just take it? I was bummed to lose it on Firefox mobile as well, which is why I stopped using it and started using Kiwi browser. Kneecapping my tools and then telling me the other guys are worse does not fly with me, and it shouldn't fly with anyone.
I'm sorry, but suggesting that I move to a no-name chromium fork maintained by one person because I miss a Firefox extension is absurd. Perhaps I should also leave my country because my local grocery store doesn't carry the cereal I like. > why do you just take it? Must be my insatiable masochism.
The analog you drew to cereal at the grocery store doesn't fit. It's not about the missing feature, it is about the deliberate kneecapping of functionality. I refuse to use a tool that deliberately, artificially and arbitrarily prevents me from using it the way I need to use it.
Firefox deliberately reduced the utility of their tool in order to constrain my behavior. And the only argument I hear in defense is "but we are all that's left that isn't them!" Fuck that noise. If it's crucial for the web to retain your users, quit fucking over your users. If you're all that's left then act like you care before you ask me to care.
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So stop using chrome... Why use a browser that is literally killing functionality to help there business model instead of favouring privacy?
Sadly that's not practical for some sites and services.