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My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
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Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
#22If you use uBlock Origin, did you try to submit these filters to the uBlock Annoyances[1] or EasyList Annoyances lists before starting up this project? That would help far more people that starting up yet another Annoyances list. 1. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets
I didn't know about this. Might add them to my filters, and see if mine apply there too. Thanks.
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#23I'm using uBlock similarly! I've accumulated hundreds of custom filters for the past eight years. My newest entries on uBlock's "My Filters" tab are for hiding spoilers on IMDb: ! 2023-09-05 Hide episode's description and image (+ watchlist for not breaking the layout) [new experimental IMDb layout] imdb.com##article.episode-item-wrapper .ipc-slate imdb.com##article.episode-item-wrapper .ipc-html-content imdb.com##ar…
Do you have the others open sourced? Mind sharing them?
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#24Interesting. I wonder how hard would be to create a filter to programmatically eliminate certain sellers from Ebay query results, say those known for selling counterfeit hardware, those with feedback ratings below a given threshold, etc.
Unfortunately the search results page doesn't appear to include the seller id or username for the items.
However if you had a list of usernames to exclude eBay lets you do that in the advanced search.
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#25I use something similar to this, the only differences are because my use case is privacy protection and avoiding algorithmic feeds. I use the Redirector extension for Firefox so that it redirects e.g. Youtube, Twitter, and StackOverflow links to the corresponding alternative frontends Piped, Nitter, and AnonymousOverflow. You can find maintained lists [1] [2] of such projects and their instances. Mostly they are FOSS…
This is amazing. I had similar ideas in my bucket list of creating distraction free alternatives and redirecting somehow.
Happy to know someone had the same idea and there are versions of it online. Thanks for letting me know of this, I really appreciate it!
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#26There is also https://letsblock.it/filters , a collaborative repository of uBlock content filters, to which I encourage you to contribute your own ones.
I found that and I actually link it in the repository. I will investigate it later.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
These aren't just annoyances, they are core features of the sites.
So? Any corporation would argue that about the annoyances on their properties.
I thought people used those list because it cleaned up the websites without breaking them. This is largely breaking the websites, only letting through a very opinionated subset of functionalities.
Even if it's nice for people who want just this, I don't think this has its place on the annoyances lists you mentioned.
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#28+1 for UnHook. Amazing how the experience of youtube changes when all you can see is a search bar and the current video
I have been using it for years now, it is perfect. Main reason I will still keep it because it works.
Removing an extension from my list would be great but it is amazing as is.
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#29Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
#30You definitely should add news.ycombinator.com, all of it :)