Cool, now maybe let's do something about all the shit I have to clear out out my face before I can read a simple web page. For example, on this very article I had to click "No thanks" for cookies and then "No thanks" for a survey or something. And then there was an ad at the top for some app that I also closed.

It's like walking into some room and having to swat away a bunch of cobwebs before doing whatever it is you want to do (read some text, basically).

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not_your_vase 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Haha, we had a solution for that, called pop-up blockers. Then when they became very usable, everyone switched to overlays injected with javascript, so they became unblockable.

But thinking of this at this moment, this could be a good use for a locally ran LLM, to get rid of all this crap dynamically. I wonder why Firefox didn't use this as a usecase when they bolted AI on top of Firefox. Maybe it is time for me to check what api FF has for this

	▲	Terr_ 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm waiting for someone to develop an augmented-reality system that detects branded ads or products, compares them against a corporate-ownership database, applies policies chosen by the user, and then adds warning-stripes or censor-bars over things the user has selected against. It would finally put some teeth behind the myth of the informed consumer, and there would be gloriously absurd court-battles from corporations. ("This is our freedom of speech and commerce, it's essential, if people don't like what we're doing they can vote with their wallets... NOT LIKE THAT STOP USING SPEECH AND COMMERCE!")

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internet101010 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Don't forget the useless "Got it!" popups, especially when the site blurs the screen to guide you to it.

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pwg 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

With uBlockOrigin set to default deny all the javascript on the page there are:

zero cookie banners

zero surveys popping up

zero ads to be closed

Just the text of the page with no other distractions in the way.

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93po 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

ublock origin with annoyance filters on solves 95% of this

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carlosjobim 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Your problems have been solved for more than a decade. Set your browser to open pages in reader view by default and you don't have these issues.