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by arlk 1811 days ago
Nice work.

Personally I use uBlock Origin plugin to hide elements I don't want to see on any website, and that made Facebook less "enjoyable" with no like buttons and reaction counts, no news feed, and no account photos and names (I took it a bit far I know). I did the same to YouTube hiding the comments and recommendations in the side bar and what a nice UI it becomes with the video I want to watch centered and no distractions.

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I also use uBlock Origin in the same way. But my friend, who's a great developer, didn't know you could use uBlock Origin to hide elements, so I created a plugin that streamlines that process for her most addictive website.
Tbh UX is an aspect of uBlock that could need serious rework. I still haven't figured out what the patchwork of colored squares means...
the "advanced users" setting you manually select after installation to enable the patchwork does state "required reading" which explains it. It's relatively straightforward