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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.
ram@feddit.nlto Announcements@lemmy.ml•We're the creators of Lemmy, Ask Us Anything. *Starts Monday, 7 Aug, 1500 CEST*English5·2 years agoIt’s already there. Here’s yours (use desktop mode if you’re on mobile).
ram@feddit.nlto Linux@lemmy.ml•Lemmy Defederation Sync (LDS) to keep your block list up to date2311·2 years agoAnd those who want to review every single one manually can still do that.
But will they? This tool promotes blindly trusting another instance block list without due diligence from the admin.
ram@feddit.nlto Linux@lemmy.ml•Lemmy Defederation Sync (LDS) to keep your block list up to date42·2 years agothis process and improves Lemmy’s capability to protect it’s users from spam and brigading
That assumes defederation only happens in those cases. You have an account from lemmy.world, so I guess you trust that instance. You know, the same instance that preemptively defederated from hexbear.net for political reasons. You see the problem?
ram@feddit.nlto Linux@lemmy.ml•Lemmy Defederation Sync (LDS) to keep your block list up to date5622·2 years agoThis is a terrible idea that steers lemmy into being an echo chamber. Let admins use their own judgement.
ram@feddit.nlto Technology@lemmy.ml•“AI” Hurts Consumers and Workers -- and Isn’t Intelligent31·2 years agoLet’s see…
They may create text which appears to human eyes like the result of thinking, reasoning, or understanding, but it is in fact anything but.
For generation of fictional text and images that’s fine.
There is a pack mentality in rushing to invest in these tools, while overlooking the fact that they threaten workers
Like any other case of automation in the history of society.
[…] and impact consumers by creating lesser quality products
That sounds very subjective.
and allowing more erroneous outputs.
Large language models should not be used as a source of facts, that’s why they all warn you about their limitations. LLMs are tools and should be used properly. A blow torch can get your balls burnt if used improperly.
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.