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Honestly I have uBlock set in a way that blocks most of this stuff by default. I have several "steps" of permissivity: 1) (default) block all JS completely 2)
by _V_ 4y ago
Honestly I have uBlock set in a way that blocks most of this stuff by default. I have several "steps" of permissivity:
1) (default) block all JS completely
2) Block 3rd party js
3) Permit all js (rare)
If the web fails to render in (1) and I do not necessarily need anything on that web I can get elsewhere, I just leave the web. F that web and F that creator. If I have to (webshop etc) I usualy just enable (2) which works most of the time. (3) is basically only for special webs like banking etc which is just PITA to debug as you have to be logging in constantly etc.
Websites today are just full of unnecessary crap and are downright unusable when on slower connection like 3G. Most of the webs now require your browser to download 2M of JS to have "slide out menus" or some other stupid stuff. uBlock is a must, because without that you will run out of data plan almost instantly.
And to make things worse, Chromium-based browsers will make adblocking much harder with Manifest v3. As soon as this happens, I will go to Firefox. And after that probably Links (unironically).
Btw spinning up a docker to shrink 1 JS function to a oneliner is perfectly capturing the essence of what's wrong with web nowdays :-D
- zagrebian 4y agoWhy are you waiting to switch to Firefox?
- DavideNL 4y agoYea, it's amazing how much faster everything is when blocking 3rd party javascript with uBlock Origin by default. I expected many websites would stop working, surprisingly though many sites work times, and i simply: - hit my shortcut to set uBlock Origin to "relax" mode whenever needed - exclude a few CDN's - use a different browser (in private mode) for shopping and such
- mgaunard 4y agoLimited data plans? Do you live in the past?
- Saris 4y agoEvery cell provider in the US still has them.