Hide YouTube suggested / recommended sections both on the front page and to the right of the player. It's disturbing to see how much this changes my consumption patterns.

I'm beginning to realize that instead of using YouTube: explicitly search for video -> watch video -> read a comment or two -> close tab

YouTube has been using me: open main page -> get distracted by a video that an algorithm knows I'll be interested in -> click a couple more recommended videos -> fall down the auto-play ad revenue rabbit hole -> hour later: 'oh yeah, why did I open YouTube...?' -> perhaps search for intended video, perhaps get distracted again -> etc. etc

This trend has become synonymous with popular internet services over the past 10-20 years. These services are marketed as a way to connect with distant friends, view all the multimedia the internet has to offer, save us money, etc. when in reality the majority are leveraging large-scale data collection combined with neural nets to hijack our brains' reward systems just for the sake of greed. God bless uBlock!

Example: I use default-deny 3rd party scripts and frames + disable javascript everywhere by default. I temporarily enable these only on a per-site basis only if really needed (permanently for the few sites I visit regularly).

It’s really a content blocker, primarily used to blog ads.

4. Hide humongous Wikipedia donation element after having donated.

This.

The wikipedia page is completely broken on mobile devices during the fundraiser. (Text in the popup is so large that it becomes impossible to hit the close button).

I have donated to wikipedia for the past 5 years, and will continue to do so. But the fundraiser banner is just terrible, and persists after you donated.

It is really annoying to get that even after donating. I have never signed up for a wikipedia account (which, now that I think about it, is kind of amazing?) but if I had one, would the donation dialog disappear after donating? Maybe I will sign up to find out.

At the very least for me it didn't last time I donated: the donation seems to be completely untied to your account.

Reminder: Wikipedia has Cancer.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost...

To be fair, that is an ad.

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