Frellwit

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[–] Frellwit 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you want to remove parameters from urls you can use the removeparam filter in uBlock Origin. Documentation: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#removeparam

For example: /?igshid=$removeparam=igshid,domain=instagram.com

For the best performance it's recommended to make sure the parameter is included in the filter as seen above with /?igshid, and with the domain it originated from.

Filters for the examples in OPs post:

/?igshid=$removeparam=igshid,domain=instagram.com
?is_from_webapp$removeparam=is_from_webapp,domain=tiktok.com
&t=$removeparam=/^amp;/,domain=x.com

There's also a filter that removes a lot of known params: https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/blob/master/LegitimateURLShortener.txt

[–] Frellwit 1 points 1 year ago

Does WebOS have a browser? Then you can use invidious or piped.

Another alternative could be to route the TV through a VPN set to a country that may not have ads, like for example: Albania, Moldavia or Myanmar.

[–] Frellwit 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

uBO Lite have a lot of limitations:

[–] Frellwit 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

The different heights could be related to your custom font or theme. Does it happen on defaults?

[–] Frellwit 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anti-adblock killer by Reek

That thing is unmaintained and have not been updated for over 7 years. It will do absolutely nothing.

If you have issues with YouTube: https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/about/sticky?num=2

I have to add some things though:

  1. Read the thread thoroughly, you may have missed a step or 2, or may have misunderstood something. There's a lot of noise in the replies. Filter maintainers can't always give support or keep up with the noise. Being pushy, unfriendly, or replying to the thread without doing every step will not fix the problem for you. If you have technical knowledge, consider contributing that knowledge.
  2. Do not add random filters, scripts, extensions from random users. If you don't understand what you're doing you may add something that may work against you instead of for you, or in worse cases add something malicious.
  3. YouTube seems to update their anti-ab script at least twice a day more or less. So just: Click 🛡️ uBO's icon > the ⚙ Dashboard button > the Filter lists pane > the 🕘 clock icon at the end of the uBlock filters – Quick fixes list > the 🔃 Update now button. Do NOT click purge all caches and update now, that will only add more pressure to the filter hosts.
  4. If there's a mismatch between the filter fixes and YouTube's latest fixes, just wait, watch the video logged out, or use an alternative front-end like piped, invidious, or whatever.
[–] Frellwit 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also for anyone wondering how to set the default quality for videos.

Edit your mpv.confand add ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio/best[height<=720] to play all videos in 720p for example.

Lemmy can't display some characters correctly. replace &lt; with a left pointing arrow <

[–] Frellwit 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Use farside when recommending alternative front ends. This way users will be redirected to a random working instance.

For piped you can use: https://farside.link/piped/

And for a video: https://farside.link/piped/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

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

They target accounts, not logged out users.

[–] Frellwit 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

NewPipe from F-Droid. (Do not download any of those from Google's store.)

[–] Frellwit 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I use the binary provided by Mozilla at https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

I even wrote an installation script that takes care of it all. (For amd64, not arm64. I'm not sure if they provide a stand-alone arm build.)

[–] Frellwit 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Append

(intext:"modlog" & "instances" & "docs" & "code" & "join lemmy")

to your search query to search all indexed Lemmy instances. Works with Google, Startpage, SearXNG.

[–] Frellwit 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not only that. Pay to get even more ads and tracking!

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