• marcos@lemmy.world
    11 months

    Just posting here the always relevant reminder that Firefox still has real ad-blockers.

    • Lucy :3@feddit.org
      11 months

      And ofc NoScript. Solves like… 100% of the problems here.

      • dovah@lemmy.world
        11 months

        But how many does it create? So many websites just break entirely if you block js.

        • other_cat@lemmy.zipEnglish
          11 months

          Generally temp-whitelisting the base domain lets you move around the website while blocking all this garbage. Not always, unfortunately. I tend to nope out of websites that don’t work after that unless I’m trying to shop for something, and then I just accept my fate if there’s no alternative shop to turn to.

        • marcos@lemmy.world
          11 months

          But how many does it create?

          If you find some, share it, because I’ve had a total of 1 issue in a decade or so, and it was solved by closing the browser so it updates.

    • Dumhuvud@programming.devEnglish
      11 months

      And you can also configure it to auto-decline requests for geolocation & push notifications.

  • lad@programming.devEnglish
    11 months

    Now age verification should be added to the list, especially if you want to browse 18+ sites like about how to pay taxes or learn to drive

  • tordenflesk@lemmy.world
    11 months

    Adblock as a concept has existed for 20+ years. No excuse to be so willfully ignorant of it.

    • Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      11 months

      Problem is that good sites, which do not do all the garbage listed above, do not get rewarded for that when being consumed through AI. And in that case you should in fact feel bad

  • AlphaOmega@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11 months

    My websites: no cookies, no tracking, a few KB of JS, rest is pure HTML and CSS. My sites load 10x faster. Meanwhile every other company is running some overly bloated WP. Its kinda of mind blowing how dumb some of these sites are.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
    11 months
    1. (optional) Set up a pihole or pull something like stevenblacks hosts to your /etc/hosts
    2. Install a adblock browser extension
    3. Browse website
    • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      11 months

      I’ve got that. It doesn’t help with GDPR popups, notification requests, app pushes, etc.

      • Taasz/Woof@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        11 months

        If you enable the annoyances and cookie notices filters in uBlock it gets rid of a lot of them.

        For specific sites you can also use the element picker mode to create your own custom filter and remove elements. Handy for sites you browse without an account and have popups bothering you about it.

        • Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          11 months

          There’s extensions that get rid (/autoclick) of those banners. Eg “I (still) don’t care about cookies”