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Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th... by ffpip on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @10:32AM (#25518585)
I spend a lot of time on Youtube, and their recommendations are addictive, so I blocked the sidebar that recommends next videos.

I block scripts on news sites since they serve no purpose.It removes things like popups, autoplaying videos and comments.

And I have so many custom filters set up to block cookie prompts, annoyances and other stuff.

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Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th... by Rompect on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @11:43AM (#25519430)
> I block scripts on news sites since they serve no purpose

https://outline.com/ is also fantastic for this purpose.

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Re:We rendered a million web pages to find out what makes th... by ffpip on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @12:57PM (#25520181)
Never works for me. Tried with dozens of links and multiple browsers.

Plus paywalls aren't really a problem. 2/3 clicks and they're gone

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