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Matt Jul 10, 2023

I don't know if this exists already, but I imagine a headless browser on a server that when it loads content will:

1. always start a new session,
2. fuzz the user agent data (load with different sizes, fake the browser, etc),
3. grab the content minus the ads and fluff, and send it along to the client.

This could be quite private (no fingerprinting, though IP address would be a potential tracking vector).

To a degree that was/is Opera Mini.

But it was designed for bandwith saving its not amazing as a browser.

But in later versions it could block ads, not sure about other requests.

Maybe Mighty browser can be configured to do something along those lines.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/29/22408818/mighty-browser-chrome-cloud-streaming-web

Would you pay $30 a month for a faster web browser that eats less battery?

A startup called Mighty has a $30-a-month web browser that lives in the cloud, to keep your laptop from spinning up, bogging down and draining battery.

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Matt

@nicom I like the idea of the streaming browser. A self hosted option would be cool