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Medium is much better without JavaScript. No article view limits, no creepy showing you your Google account and asking you to log in, nothing. And of course, no
by llarsson 6y ago
Medium is much better without JavaScript. No article view limits, no creepy showing you your Google account and asking you to log in, nothing. And of course, no messing with your LocalStorage.
It does remove some images, but ok mobile, that is almost a feature in itself.
- sxp 6y agoIn Chrome, you can do this with chrome://settings/content/javascript which lets you blacklist JS on certain domains.
- foepys 6y agouBlock Origin can also disable JavaScript on domains. I discovered this recently and were pleasantly surprised that this was added.
- d3nj4l 6y agoYou can even disable javascript by default on uBlock, a la uMatrix. I've turned it on on my lower-performance MacBook Air, and it's made web browsing so much more pleasant.
- CincinnatiMan 6y agoGive uMatrix a try if you want to get even more granular.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoI wish Safari would let you do this.
- dawnerd 6y agoGoogles one tap is sooooo creepy. I have it blocked in ub origin. I’m always afraid of accidentally logging in - probably something they hope for.
- gomox 6y agoArguably the mother of all dark UI patterns, and pretty tangible proof that Google's "Don't be evil" times are long gone.
- d3nj4l 6y agoAs soon as I see Google's sign in I disable javascript for that domain. It's like a glowing red sign that website doesn't care about my privacy at all.
- hombre_fatal 6y agoAgreed. It's on Pinterest too. It's way too jarring UI to make it seem like a website knows all of your Google accounts, it amazes me they thought that dropdown menu that was the right move.