Mastodawn

What tools & lists are you using to make the Internet more enjoyable and filter out the crap?

https://lemmy.world/post/7420244

What tools & lists are you using to make the Internet more enjoyable and filter out the crap? - Lemmy.World

Mostly interested in non-standard ones, e.g. https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt [https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt]. Not necessarily just about ad-blocking but a clean online experience like SponsorBlock [https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock]. Interested in non-standard uBO lists as well.

Linus_Torvalds Oct 27, 2023

While I’m at it, what is the community opinion on NoScript? The first few weeks were a bit of a pain, but now it is actually quite convenient.

Entropy Oct 27, 2023

I just self hosted everything I needed and dl my fav YouTube channels’ videos to my server

I use internet on my phone to look up something every now and then and I’ll browse lemmy for a bit if I get bored

Other than that I don’t really use the internet outside of essential stuff like banking and emailing

0bZ3n Oct 27, 2023

How do you download to your server?

Entropy Oct 28, 2023

Starr apps for media or ytdl for YouTube

moody Oct 27, 2023

What’s your setup for Youtube videos? Is it automated? I’m curious about that.

Unforeseen Oct 28, 2023

Not OP but I use yt-dlp on a cron schedule to run once a day, and just have all the channels I want to follow in a text file that it processes. Been using this for years now (YouTubedl before this) with no issues.

I’ve recently gone a step further and have it post a discord message once it’s done with the download details for the day.

github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

GitHub - yt-dlp/yt-dlp: A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader - yt-dlp/yt-dlp

GitHub

Entropy Oct 28, 2023

This is what I use, jellyfin or Plex to watch them

novawelle Oct 27, 2023

I recently set up a bunch of these in my adguard home filter list. They do not only block ads, but also Fake-Shops, Cryptomining, Gambling and more shady stuff.

GitHub - RPiList/specials: Schutz vor Fakeshops, Werbung, Tracking und anderen Angriffen aus dem Internet

Schutz vor Fakeshops, Werbung, Tracking und anderen Angriffen aus dem Internet - RPiList/specials

GitHub

noodle (he/him)Oct 27, 2023

Consent-O-Matic for automatically rejecting tracking cookies instead of just hiding the banners addons.mozilla.org/en-US/…/consent-o-matic/

LibRedirect for opening big companies’ links in privacy-respecting front-ends addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/…/libredirect/

Buster for solving reCAPTCHA with a single click addons.mozilla.org/…/buster-captcha-solver/

Consent-O-Matic – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Consent-O-Matic for Firefox. Automatic handling of GDPR consent forms

Linus_Torvalds Oct 27, 2023

Thanks for your reply! Is the web annoyances list better than the built-in one in uBO. Should I disable the standard one?

noodle (he/him)Oct 27, 2023

it catches more things. I’ve got both lists enabled.

Nunya Oct 27, 2023

I’m very leary about installing any extensions that use the permission “Access your data for all websites”. I get that they need to see the website so they can do their thing, but I just don’t trust that they are any better having my data than the site I just visited.

Leraje Oct 27, 2023

I’ve switched to Redirector from LibRedirect as I find it’s more customisable - for example, I can create rules that automatically go to a 12ft.io redirect version of a page if the site is behind a paywall and a rule to redirect Instagram profiles to picuki.com.

GitHub - einaregilsson/Redirector: Browser extension (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Edge) to redirect urls based on regex patterns, like a client side mod_rewrite.

Browser extension (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Edge) to redirect urls based on regex patterns, like a client side mod_rewrite. - einaregilsson/Redirector

GitHub

solarvector Oct 27, 2023

A uBO list that filters out all of the word salad generating click farms would be amazing. So many search results in general are ruined, but anything like “how to…” or “when is the next season of…” are always ridiculous.

Linus_Torvalds Oct 27, 2023

I read about one. Let me see if I can still find it…

Edit: I can’t.

GlitzyArmrest Oct 27, 2023

With Kagi, you can kind of do this, either through lenses or by completely blocking website from your search results.

lypticdna Oct 27, 2023

I have a stack in place built around Tailscale. I mean, this may not be the best route but, hey, it works for me.

So I have Tailscale running across my devices. Within Tailscale, I have enabled Mullvad Exit Nodes for some privacy control. Then I have overridden the default DNS setting with NextDNS.

Within NextDNS I have a standard profile with some ad and telemetry blocking which is typically for the family devices and then I have a disgustingly pimped up profile for my main devices with a hell of a lot blocked, including domains that I do not care for (facebook for example).

The pros are that I can control all connections easier, even when out of my home network. That said, it takes some setting up to ensure I don’t bork connections. And, yes, I learnt that the hard way when I blocked all ‘meta’ tools across my whole network and the kids lost it!

BearOfaTime Oct 28, 2023

So all your devices access the internet through Tailscale to home, where you use NextDNS to filter, am I reading that right?

lypticdna Oct 28, 2023

Not quite. They are network linked through Tailscale but typically running through a Mullvad VPN exit node. The NextDNS is baked into Tailscale too.

This gives me access to my home devices (including self hosted services, etc.) from out and about on the secure Tailscale network and connect to the Internet through a Mullvad VPN connection but that is further supported by the NextDNS which ensure devices are blocked from ads, trackers, telemetry, etc.

I only chose this route because I want an easy way to manage my whole network of connected devices without having to do a setup on each one individually.

Don’t get me wrong, there may be a better way but this has just worked well for me.

BearOfaTime Oct 28, 2023

Ah, ok, thanks for clarifying.

I was planning on Tailscaling to home so ll my devices could benefit from PiHole, I didn’t realize TS had Mullvad and NextDNS baked in!

Thanks for the info, this is just what I was looking for.

rickdg Oct 27, 2023

I’m trying out nextdns.io and it’s working well on mobile.

Zerush Oct 28, 2023

The Vivaldi ad/trackerblocker with custom filters from ABP and uBO Extensions:

Glorious were the times, when none of this was necessary to defend yourself from all this shit that has accumulated on the network today. Free Internet getting further and further away, sad.

YouTube iFrame AdBlocker

Bypass YouTube's ad-blocker detection by dynamically replacing the video player with an iframe.