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Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th... by kubanczyk on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @10:07AM (#25518290)
Not a parent, but it's super-easy to block any element I find distracting with about two clicks.

For example looking at en.wikipedia.org I can just remove that COVID box. Scalable? No. Smart? Eeeyuh... Satisfying? Hell yes.

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Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th... by SV_BubbleTime on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @10:29AM (#25518540)
Right, I’ll often make design choices to remove a whole div I don’t need. Your most recent stories I might be interested in that takes up 20% of my screen? No thanks!
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Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th... by rektide on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @10:17AM (#25518395)
power & freedom, the things native apps never ever permit us.
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