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Why did you build this with a server? Since you suggest folks introspect the script anyway, you could simply generate it in the browser and have the user download it. Then you could run this at zero-cost.

You can actually setup ublock0 to do this for you too. At one point I'd used it to blur distracting sites, but like you, I found fully blocking the content(which the blurring effectively did) led to me disabling the block. I'll try this technique out, it's a good idea.

Here's how you can do it with ublock:

  www.reddit.com##img:style(filter: blur(10px);)
  www.reddit.com##body:style(filter: grayscale(1);)

You should consider making this into a browser extension. For this kind of script it's rather easy and is way easier for users to install. For an example with a very similar configuration (array of strings) that is a configurable extension instead, checkout my WaPo Metal Taglines greasemonkey script[0] and extension[1]

[0] https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/27767-wapo-metal-taglines/... [1] https://github.com/dschep/metal-wapo

That was my first thought when I just saw "sidewalks" & "crosswalks" too. But AFAIK OSM doesn't have anything remotely like that level of sidewalk shape data. And while stairs on paths are mapped, I don't think outdoor building stairs are mapped.