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> bunch of regexes for clickbait titles Can you please share which ad blocker you use and how we might use regexes to do this? Sounds fascinating and I want to

• kroltan 3y ago
  Not really just regex, I called it that for brevity. uBlock Origin's cosmetic filters, in particular :has-text which does indeed support regex. It's basically CSS selectors, but with some very powerful ones added in too. Check the docs for details https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Procedural-cosmetic-filters#subjecthas-textneedle https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Procedural-cosmetic-f... The particular filters I use include things like: ! Kills "You won't believe something useless! Some subtitle" youtube.com##ytd-rich-item-renderer:has-text(/you won'?t .*!( .*)?/i) ! Kills "100 idiotic life hacks that are definite safety hazards!" youtube.com##ytd-rich-item-renderer:has-text(/(\d+) (.+)s/i) And a bunch more more specific to my interests and native language, but I hope you got the gist of it. Also look at the sibling comment about other distraction-removals like shorts and engagement callout taming.