As many others have mentioned, the secret sauce is probably quite simply this: No ads, no trackers, no js libraries. I use Firefox with the 'disconnect' plugin.

As many others have mentioned, the secret sauce is probably quite simply this: No ads, no trackers, no js libraries. I use Firefox with the 'disconnect' plugin. On HN, disconnect stays completely inactive, nothing to be blocked, just good old html to be rendered with a sprinkle of css. It's beautiful, it's the way it should be.