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Banish: New Safari Extension to Block ‘Open in App’ Dickpanels

42 points by rmason 4y ago

prepend 4y ago
Good idea and something I expect iOS and Android to embed in their OS. I kind of like the pop ups though as identifies jerk sites that I should be extra wary of.
wildrhythms 4y ago
The day that old.reddit.com is deprecated will be a very sad day. I'm not even a frequent Reddit user, but when I do that is the one way I remember to get the best user experience regardless of device.
- CharlesW 4y ago
  If you use the excellent Apollo for iOS, the combination of the Apollo Safari extension (free) and Amplosion ($5, also auto-redirects AMP pages) auto-redirects Reddit web links to Apollo. Highly recommended if you use Reddit on iOS.
- rakoo 4y ago
  Teddit.net is a perfect read-only interface if that's enough for you
lapcat 4y ago
StopTheMadness already had this feature 9 months ago. https://apps.apple.com/app/stopthemadness-mobile/id1583082931?mt=8 https://apps.apple.com/app/stopthemadness-mobile/id158308293...
- hasperdi 4y ago
  StopTheMadness is $7.99! Do you think it's worth the price?
  - lapcat 4y ago
    No, I think it's worth way more than the price. You can buy several single-purpose extensions for $2 or $3 each and end up paying the same amount or more to get only a fraction of the features of StopTheMadness.
- shazami 4y ago
  Does it work well?
throwaway81523 4y ago
> * dickpanel n. : a modal panel or popover a website or app presents, deliberately obscuring its own content, to frustrate the user with a marketing message; e.g. asking the user to install the website’s app, subscribe to a newsletter, or disable privacy controls and accept tracking cookies. See dickbar. I call those panels "pies" since getting one feels like having a pie thrown in your face. It is intended to be more of a SFW term, like when talking to front end devs: could the site please not throw so many pies? I can usually block them with adblock but doing so can be complicated, since you also have to block the CSS change that grays out the main text.
risktopark 4y ago
Yes please. Android alternatives anyone?

42 points by rmason 4y ago

Good idea and something I expect iOS and Android to embed in their OS. I kind of like the pop ups though as identifies jerk sites that I should be extra wary of.

wildrhythms 4y ago

The day that old.reddit.com is deprecated will be a very sad day. I'm not even a frequent Reddit user, but when I do that is the one way I remember to get the best user experience regardless of device.

CharlesW 4y ago
If you use the excellent Apollo for iOS, the combination of the Apollo Safari extension (free) and Amplosion ($5, also auto-redirects AMP pages) auto-redirects Reddit web links to Apollo. Highly recommended if you use Reddit on iOS.
rakoo 4y ago
Teddit.net is a perfect read-only interface if that's enough for you

lapcat 4y ago

StopTheMadness already had this feature 9 months ago. https://apps.apple.com/app/stopthemadness-mobile/id1583082931?mt=8 https://apps.apple.com/app/stopthemadness-mobile/id158308293...

hasperdi 4y ago
StopTheMadness is $7.99! Do you think it's worth the price?
- lapcat 4y ago
  No, I think it's worth way more than the price. You can buy several single-purpose extensions for $2 or $3 each and end up paying the same amount or more to get only a fraction of the features of StopTheMadness.
shazami 4y ago
Does it work well?

throwaway81523 4y ago

> * dickpanel n. : a modal panel or popover a website or app presents, deliberately obscuring its own content, to frustrate the user with a marketing message; e.g. asking the user to install the website’s app, subscribe to a newsletter, or disable privacy controls and accept tracking cookies. See dickbar. I call those panels "pies" since getting one feels like having a pie thrown in your face. It is intended to be more of a SFW term, like when talking to front end devs: could the site please not throw so many pies? I can usually block them with adblock but doing so can be complicated, since you also have to block the CSS change that grays out the main text.

risktopark 4y ago

Yes please. Android alternatives anyone?