I love that as an "end user", I can easily choose to have (or not) this degree of customization by simply using (or not) an addon like this and HackerNews itsel

I love that as an "end user", I can easily choose to have (or not) this degree of customization by simply using (or not) an addon like this and HackerNews itself (due to it's simplicity of design) does not get in the way of this at all. Just one more reason that HN's design is basically perfect. Thanks much to both the author of this addon, and to HackerNews dev(s) for contributing to a "better Web" for all.