Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers
by londons_explore on Monday August 29, 2022 @08:56AM
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I wonder if there would be a market for something like ublock, but instead of removing the ads, it removes just the content and puts it on an entirely new page - a bit like 'reader mode'. Obviously it would probably need logic for every web page, but that could be croudsourced
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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers
by hk__2 on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:24AM
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Itβs already a built-in feature in Firefox and Safari.
Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers
by arkitaip on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:30AM
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Firefox has the builtin reader mode but there is also plugins that auto click or hide cookie banners.
Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers
by SoftTalker on Monday August 29, 2022 @02:15PM
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Reader mode sometimes doesn't appear for some sites. I am guessing there is a way for sites to disable it with JS or indicate to the browser that they don't want it.
Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers
by laurent123456 on Monday August 29, 2022 @02:59PM
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It's a feature of Reader actually. The library they use has a "isProbablyReaderable()" function to determine if a page can be simplified, and their extension uses that to decide if Reader mode should be available or not.
[0] https://github.com/mozilla/readability/#isprobablyreaderable...
Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers
by londons_explore on Monday August 29, 2022 @02:33PM
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And reader mode doesn't auto activate during page load...
If I have to wait for all the ads and banners and fonts to load anyway, most of the benefits of reader mode are removed.
Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers
by SoftTalker on Monday August 29, 2022 @06:07PM
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Sometimes Reader mode gets around adblock detectors or other stoppers on normal page loads. It'd be nice to be able to try it regardless of whether Mozilla thinks it would be useful.