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• GMac@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I use noscript en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoScript

  It starts with a default position of blocking everything (which breaks a lot of sites) but as you use the internet you just tell it to trust the domains that you need and permablock those you don’t. After a few weeks, you find your regular sites are taken care of.

  googletagmanager and fascistbook are obvious blocks on most sites. Same for trust pilot and the like.

  It can get more complicated when you try to buy something as that does legitimately require scripts from other services like stripe, worldpay etc. Or from shopify and the like.

  You always have the option of temporarily allowing the page to do what it wants if you just find the pagelist too overwhelming but it is worth just experimenting and reloading the page till you figure out what is necessary and what is not. Set once, and it’s done.

  Another option is to have a second browser not running noscript, that deletes all data on exit, and use that for purchasing.

  Bonus fact, most news sites with paywalls, run those paywalls with JavaScript. No script, no paywall. 😂

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