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Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to deshittify the web

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Re: Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to deshittify the web

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Post by brulard »

jmadeano wrote: post #132
brulard wrote: post #125

Am I required to sign up after setting it up? Why that was not requested from the beginning? Quite a dark pattern right there.

Could you share more about the dark pattern? That's definitely not my intent. No sign in is required for installing/managing scripts, sign up is only required to generate scripts (and that's because without it, there's no way to prevent abuse of e.g. spamming requests). We tried to keep the setup process slim: Step 1 is install, step 2 is pin (I guess technically this could be moved later but in testing, without pinn…

I had a simple scenario in mind: Hide annoying "shorts" section from youtube. It nagged me I have to sign in. I expected to be able to create a script for myself locally. Why would that lead to spamming requests?

Re: Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to deshittify the web

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Post by abe94 »

Very cool - I've wanted something like this for a while. I currently use a patchwork of site specific extensions, so will definitely give this a go

Something in a similar vein that I would love would be a single feed you have control over, powered by an extension. You can specify in plain english what the algorithm should exclude / include - that pulls from your fb/ig/gmail/tiktok feeds.

Re: Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to deshittify the web

#145

Post by thejosh »

WOW.

Okay, this is really, really cool and is exactly my niche, as you mentioned it's kinda a combination of things like Stylus/uBlock Origin filters and custom filters/etc. This is really needed, as for example GitHub code preview is completely and utterly fucked, to put it lightly. Showing symbols, not being able to select code properly without weird visual glitches happening..... requires a bunch of scripts to fix. (https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/54962).

What's your funding plan? You mentioned paid plan, but what's the actual benefit for users that they would pay for this? (I totally would, FWIW).

Do you foresee companies who need to build special widgets for whatever reason for random websites they use as kind of "Extension light" alternatives - your product reminds me of Retool (https://retool.com/), but for website tweaking.

Very cool product, love the ability to do "extra things" which will fix a whole bunch of websites I use everyday that I CBF'd either making an extension to fix or battling the uBlock/stylus filters.

Discoverability will also be needed, kinda like [karabiner elements complex modification rules](https://ke-complex-modifications.pqrs.org/)

edit: no firefox support, sadpants.

Re: Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to deshittify the web

#146

Post by jmadeano »

brulard wrote: post #141
jmadeano wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you share more about the dark pattern? That's definitely not my intent. No sign in is required for installing/managing scripts, sign up is only required to generate scripts (and that's because without it, there's no way to prevent abuse of e.g. spamming requests). We tried to keep the setup process slim: Step 1 is install, step 2 is pin (I guess technically this could be moved later but in testing, without pinn…

I had a simple scenario in mind: Hide annoying "shorts" section from youtube. It nagged me I have to sign in. I expected to be able to create a script for myself locally. Why would that lead to spamming requests?

> I had a simple scenario in mind: Hide annoying "shorts" section from youtube.

You can install the script above (copied here: http://tweeks.io/share/script/bcd8bc32b8034b79a78a8564) to remove shorts, no login required :)

> I expected to be able to create a script for myself locally.

When you click to generate a script, a (non-local) LLM assists with the generation. We have tried hard to make something work locally, but it isn't viable with current tech. I apologize if that wasn't clear from the post.

> Why would that lead to spamming requests?

The unfortunate truth of public launches like this is that there are always some bad actors/abusers. I've launched without auth in the past and been burned. Even today, I can see people spamming email sign ups, poking around different endpoints, etc.

Totally understand the friction that auth introduces, and I'm sorry for your experience.

Re: Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to deshittify the web

#149

Post by jmadeano »

petesergeant wrote: post #148

I don’t hate this, but focus mode on LinkedIn should remove the feed entirely, not focus on it.

Your very own custom focus mode is only one prompt away :)

And it it doesn't work for you, let me know and I'll get it sorted.

Re: Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to deshittify the web

#150

Post by jmadeano »

abe94 wrote: post #144

Very cool - I've wanted something like this for a while. I currently use a patchwork of site specific extensions, so will definitely give this a go Something in a similar vein that I would love would be a single feed you have control over, powered by an extension. You can specify in plain english what the algorithm should exclude / include - that pulls from your fb/ig/gmail/tiktok feeds.

> I currently use a patchwork of site specific extensions, so will definitely give this a go

Hopefully we can help you trim down the patchwork. If they're broadly useful, I'm happy to assist with the creation to share with others. Just let me know!

> You can specify in plain english what the algorithm should exclude / include - that pulls from your fb/ig/gmail/tiktok feeds.

The is the holy grail. Admittedly, we aren't there yet, but something like that might be possible as we keep building

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