Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge all include the ability to block certain requests. https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/network https://develo

Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge all include the ability to block certain requests. https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/network https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/netw... https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Network_Monitor/request_list https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Network_Monit... https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/creating_a_content_blocker https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/cre... https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/devtools-guide-chromium/network/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/devtools-gui... The web's first browser, working in line mode, could probably request the text, and only the text, of an article from nytimes.com. It has no capability to automatically follow links to ads and trackers. https://www.w3.org/INSTALL.html https://www.w3.org/INSTALL.html