Banish: New Safari Extension to Block ‘Open in App’ Dickpanels

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/08/02/banish

by rmason • 4 years ago

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prepend• 4 years ago

Good idea and something I expect iOS and Android to embed in their OS.

I kind of like the pop ups though as identifies jerk sites that I should be extra wary of.

wildrhythms• 4 years ago

The day that old.reddit.com is deprecated will be a very sad day. I'm not even a frequent Reddit user, but when I do that is the one way I remember to get the best user experience regardless of device.

CharlesW• 4 years ago

If you use the excellent Apollo for iOS, the combination of the Apollo Safari extension (free) and Amplosion ($5, also auto-redirects AMP pages) auto-redirects Reddit web links to Apollo. Highly recommended if you use Reddit on iOS.

rakoo• 4 years ago

Teddit.net is a perfect read-only interface if that's enough for you

lapcat2• 4 years ago

StopTheMadness already had this feature 9 months ago.

https://apps.apple.com/app/stopthemadness-mobile/id158308293...

hasperdi• 4 years ago

StopTheMadness is $7.99! Do you think it's worth the price?

lapcat2• 4 years ago

No, I think it's worth way more than the price.

You can buy several single-purpose extensions for $2 or $3 each and end up paying the same amount or more to get only a fraction of the features of StopTheMadness.

shazami• 4 years ago

Does it work well?

throwaway81523• 4 years ago

* dickpanel n. : a modal panel or popover a website or app presents, deliberately obscuring its own content, to frustrate the user with a marketing message; e.g. asking the user to install the website’s app, subscribe to a newsletter, or disable privacy controls and accept tracking cookies. See dickbar.

I call those panels "pies" since getting one feels like having a pie thrown in your face. It is intended to be more of a SFW term, like when talking to front end devs: could the site please not throw so many pies? I can usually block them with adblock but doing so can be complicated, since you also have to block the CSS change that grays out the main text.

risktopark• 4 years ago

Yes please. Android alternatives anyone?

Banish: New Safari Extension to Block ‘Open in App’ Dickpanels

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