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Re:Show HN: No Coin – A browser extension to block coin miners by contravariant on Sunday September 17, 2017 @07:14PM (#15272235)
Things is, all the funcionality to block certain content has already been created and tested (at length) in uBlock Origin.

Using a different addon for exactly the same purpose but for different content is the worst kind of separation of concerns.

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Re:Show HN: No Coin – A browser extension to block coin miners by rodorgas on Sunday September 17, 2017 @08:20PM (#15272486)
Browser APIs to block content are fairly simple. There's no reason to use a huge piece of software if you just want to block some urls.

Ad blockers have their own issues, including trust about maintainers intentions.

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