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Something the author doesn't mention as a pro for the web is my favorite type of tech: browser extensions. I love web because I can basically customize pretty m
by jcmontx 2mo ago
Something the author doesn't mention as a pro for the web is my favorite type of tech: browser extensions. I love web because I can basically customize pretty much everything to my needs.
I have published a few of them in the last few years, and I have tens of them which I haven't published. I use them for tons of different things:
* allowing only text tweets on X
* blocking photos and videos on all Meta products
* blocking explicit content
* customizing exchange rates for online shopping (Argentine peso, you wouldn't get it™)
* having reddit hot as default for the home and subreddits (they been pushing the "best" for a couple years and it's actually trash)
browser extensions have allowed me to regain some of my cognitive sovereignty while being a heavy internet user.
- titanomachy 2mo agoIt’s a pro for you (the user), but I’m sure Disney (or whoever made this app) cares very very little about this, or treats it as a negative.
- georgemcbay 2mo ago> I’m sure Disney (or whoever made this app) cares very very little about this, or treats it as a negative. Virtually every company will treat it as a negative as the first thing most users are going to do if you allow them 100% experience customization is remove all the ads.
- da02 2mo agoAre these Chrome extensions? How did you learn to write them?
- turtlebits 2mo agoI use the tampermonkey extension (formerly greasemonkey). AI is fairly good for writing scripts.
- jcmontx 2mo agothey are just js scripts and a manifest for permissions. it's like game-mod scripting but for the web. ask any llm and they'll guide you through
- stevage 2mo agoAh, blocking all videos on Facebook is such a good idea. Can you share your script?