Haha, we had a solution for that, called pop-up blockers. Then when they became very usable, everyone switched to overlays injected with javascript, so they became unblockable.
replyBut thinking of this at this moment, this could be a good use for a locally ran LLM, to get rid of all this crap dynamically. I wonder why Firefox didn't use this as a usecase when they bolted AI on top of Firefox. Maybe it is time for me to check what api FF has for this
I'm waiting for someone to develop an augmented-reality system that detects branded ads or products, compares them against a corporate-ownership database, applies policies chosen by the user, and then adds warning-stripes or censor-bars over things the user has selected against.
replyIt would finally put some teeth behind the myth of the informed consumer, and there would be gloriously absurd court-battles from corporations. ("This is our freedom of speech and commerce, it's essential, if people don't like what we're doing they can vote with their wallets... NOT LIKE THAT STOP USING SPEECH AND COMMERCE!")
Don't forget the useless "Got it!" popups, especially when the site blurs the screen to guide you to it.
replyWith uBlockOrigin set to default deny all the javascript on the page there are:
replyzero cookie banners
zero surveys popping up
zero ads to be closed
Just the text of the page with no other distractions in the way.
ublock origin with annoyance filters on solves 95% of this
replyYour problems have been solved for more than a decade. Set your browser to open pages in reader view by default and you don't have these issues.
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