aCosmicWaveJul 23, 2023

"Block The Rich" is like an ad-blocker, but for obscenely wealthy people with overinflated egos.

https://lemm.ee/post/1891205

"Block The Rich" is like an ad-blocker, but for obscenely wealthy people with overinflated egos. - lemm.ee

About 8 months ago I got pretty tired of seeing billionaire spam online. I could not bear to read about yet another rich guy who launched themselves (or their $200,000 car) into outer space 🚀 . I did not care about their expert opinion on the latest meme coin back then. I do not care about their expert opinion on the dangers of AI today. So… I developed a tiny, free, and open source [https://github.com/aCosmicWave/blocktherich] browser add-on called “Block the Rich”. It is completely local and private. No data is tracked. No data is phoned home. The concept is pretty simple: whenever I load a web page, the extension quickly analyzes the content and intelligently blurs out any references to the Forbes Top 10 Billionaires. Some former and wannabe billionaires are blurred out of courtesy as well (I’m looking at you Trump and Kanye 🙄). This project is a very early prototype that I developed in the span of a few days. I have so many awesome ideas for enhancements but the truth is that the wind got completely knocked out of my sails when I put myself out there on Reddit many moons ago. There was absolutely zero public interest. To this day my wife and I are the only ones using the original prototype. People of Lemmy, do you think there is a place on the internet for such a project, or is it time that I let it go?

Show threadDharmaCurious

I absolutely love this! God, I need it. There are several websites I have to use for school that have bullshit articles on the side bar that I would love to block these assholes from. And for the people talking about blocking them being ignoring the problem, you don’t have to keep it turned on all the time. Sometimes it would be nice to be able to scroll through something without having to know what the fuck warren buffet thinks, or how the emerald heir is going to cure cancer with the power of a truck that looks like a PS1 asset.

OP, I love this. Please tell me there’s a way to do to this from Android?

Jul 24, 2023 at 5:55amWeb
Show threadpoweruserJul 24, 2023
Firefox beta on Android can use extensions that are designed for desktop. Some only work in desktop mode but so far all the ones I’ve tried work. The setup is a little complex if the author hasn’t marked it as compatible with mobile, but it is possible
Show threadDharmaCuriousJul 24, 2023
You wouldn’t be able to link me to a tutorial to do that, would you? I’m not trying most technologically inclined, tbh.
Show thread2014MU69Jul 24, 2023

Not the person you’re replying to but here you go

Btw the setup while doable is pretty convoluted. It’s clear that Mozilla really doesn’t want us to do it.

This option only exists to shut up a few loud nerds.

How to install any add-on extension in Firefox on Android

Firefox for Android still doesn't officially support all extensions, but there is a neat workaround

Android Police
Show threadpoweruserJul 24, 2023

Thank you. That is the same tutorial I used.

I too encountered those same stumbling blocks.

I found it was easiest to browse add-ons on my PC and save them to the list there, then subscribe to the list on mobile

Show thread2014MU69Jul 24, 2023
Wow. Looks like that website is only usable in desktop mode. Thanks, that makes it a bit simpler.
Show threadDharmaCuriousJul 24, 2023
Thank you! I’ll try and make this my project this weekend. Haha.