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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

These are the uBlock rules used to block the headers from youtube channels. The 'about' tab is intentionally left unfiltered for the cases I actually want to see that information.

https://pastebin.com/raw/MEUPPs0Z

edit: had to put the code on pastebin since the code markdown doesn't seem to work here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Adblockers can do more than just block ads, they also allow you to customize websites. As a simple example you can remove the annoying headers on youtube channels that take half the screen:

It's also great for news sites. I have a filter to remove articles on topics I don't care about. I also have rules to prevent these sites from automatically reloading after certain amount of time, something that I find very annoying.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

special sauce they cooked it with let’s it run on the trashheap of a computer

It's called coding in VS C++ and using native Windows controls, a dying art form unfortunately. The price is losing cross-platform compatibility.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

There are two Linux paradigms that I consider stupid. One is the use of centralized software repositories managed by the distro instead of individual developer maintained installers. The other one is file system case sensibility. They already admitted defeat on the first one with the rise of containerised applications. I wonder how much longer they'll keep the charade on the second one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Linux Hater's Blog was half satire and half honest criticism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This reminds me of the old linux hater's blog post "At least we don't have any viruses".