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I use ublock to hide those overlays

• JadeNB 7y ago
  Or, on a purely ad hoc basis, McDiarmid's "Kill Sticky Headers" (https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers).
  • kissgyorgy 7y ago
    Wow, this makes Medium almost readable! Thanks!
    • nostalgk 7y ago
      Ugh, Medium is the only site I've had to consistently break out the "Block Element" button with. I don't even mind ads and I'm happy to leave them on sites that I want to support, but Medium is an ugly beast with all of the headers and footers. I still frequent it for work, there's lots of great stories, but it's almost insufferable.
      • JadeNB 7y ago
        > Medium is an ugly beast with all of the headers and footers. They don't mind that you feel that way; they still want to make it official.
        • nostalgk 7y ago
          At this point, while I carry a Medium account, I refuse to log into it out of principle.
  • ddebernardy 7y ago
    Slightly better implementation: javascript:(function(){(function(){var%20i,elements=document.querySelectorAll('body%20*');for(i=0;i<elements.length;i++){var%20p=getComputedStyle(elements[i]).position;if(p==='fixed'||p==='sticky'||p==='-webkit-sticky'){elements[i].parentNode.removeChild(elements[i]);}}})()})() It's basically the same but it also catches `sticky` and `-webkit-sticky`, which some sites use instead of `fixed`.
    • JadeNB 7y ago
      Thank you! Indeed McDiarmid's implementation is so nearly reliable that I find myself confused and stymied when it doesn't work. I'll substitute yours and hopefully avoid confusion and stymied-ness.
  • taejo 7y ago
    I use the extension "Hide Fixed Elements" which is similar.
• cakemuncher 7y ago
  Just remember, you're accepting the agreement if you blocked the overlay because that's the default if you ignored it.
  • MereInterest 7y ago
    You mean in the overlays that are required by law to have the default option be to opt out of tracking?
    • vrc 7y ago
      Actually, they're supposed to be opt-in. "Silence, pre-ticked boxes or inactivity should not therefore constitute consent." [0]. I worked extensively on one of the big ad-network's GDPR compliance pub & advertiser tools and we took this seriously. If you blocked the message & you were detected to be in the EEA, that was "no consent" for data use. That said, I know many of the other players in the ecosystem actively overlooked or did not abide by this policy. [0]https://www.gdpreu.org/the-regulation/key-concepts/consent/ https://www.gdpreu.org/the-regulation/key-concepts/consent/
      • MereInterest 7y ago
        Shoot, you are correct, and I misspoke. I meant to imply that the default must be assumed to be rejecting all tracking, and that all tracking applied must be explicitly accepted.
        • vrc 7y ago
          What's a shame is that most companies hide behind the claim that if users block IP tracking, since they "can't" get geo without IP, you're opt-in by default. They don't make the best effort attempt to, using the data they have, determine opt-in/out default behavior. The regulators seem OK with that argument. So your point sort of stands (and I wish it didn't)
  • fanf2 7y ago
    No, GDPR requires explicit consent for data collection. Blocking the overlay crap is withholding consent.