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by Anunayj 1438 days ago
Reminds me, What extensions does HN use for everyday QoL surfing?

I'm thinking of a extension/greasemonkey scripts that automatically enable reader mode on certain sites/bypass paywalls (for sites like Medium/news), and redirect to alternative frontends (for sites like reddit/twitter).
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dredmorbius 1438 days ago
As for everyday extensions / tools:

DNS-based ad-blocking on the router. Increasingly finding tools to apply same on Android tablet(s).

Firefox / Fennec Fox or EinkBro web browser. Both have adblock capabilities.

On Firefox:

- uBlock Origin

- uMatrix

- Decentraleyes

- Ghostery

- Privacy Badger

- NoScript

- PrivacyBadger

- Privacy Possum

- Stylus (desktop only)

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dredmorbius 1438 days ago
Greasemonky forcing Reader Mode would be ... sweet.

I'm finding GreasyFork: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/431192-view-current-page-i...

And this seems related but not quite what's described: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1276147/Reader-Mode-for...

Did you have a specific Greasemonky script in mind?

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Anunayj 1438 days ago
These look great to me! I should probably dedicate some time someday to add all these QoL extensions to my setup.
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