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Ask HN: How can I filter out paywalls from my internet?

by bezoz on 3/6/22, 12:37 AM with 6 comments

I am not interested in bypassing paywalls. I just want to browse the web as if all those paywall sites do not even exist.

For example, I'd be happy if any link to a paywall site is replaced by a text indicating this is filtered. I don't want to see any paywall site results in Google search, or links in Google news... etc.

Appreciate any pointers.

  • by scottlilly on 3/6/22, 5:29 AM

    Several years ago, I wrote a Greasemonkey script to do this. I haven't used it in years, and am not sure if there's an alternative for Brave browser (my new standard).

    It basically looked for all the "a" elements in the DOM and:

    1. Set the href to call a JavaScript void

    2. Set the element style's text-decoration to none

    3. Set the element style's background color to #f3f315

  • by rishikeshs on 3/6/22, 2:39 AM

    12ft.io

  • by holden_nelson on 3/6/22, 1:15 AM

    Why?

  • by anon9384929 on 3/6/22, 3:52 AM

    Can someone tell me why google allows paywalled results?