DuckGuy

This is terrible news.

I really do wonder why more people aren’t using Delta Chat.

Anyway. I remember using Session for a few months a couple of years ago. Something about the interface was bugging me. It felt sluggish.

Because it isn’t secure at all?

You’re welcome :-)

Is wipr an extension?

Yep. It isn’t a full-on app like Adguard.

what’s the privacy like

Here’s the succinct privacy notice. Nothing whatsoever is collected.

is it open source

Pretty sure it isn’t.

People suggesting DNS filtering are missing the point. Yes, people should do it, but for cosmetic stuff you need a browser extension.

Anyway. I used to use Adguard. Like you, I noticed how slow it was making Safari. Worse, sometimes it simply wouldn’t work even though it was supposedly active.

I gave Ghostery a try. It worked. No slowdowns or anything. Then I settled for Wipr. You can’t add custom lists to it, but at least it works as intended and doesn’t seem to slow down Safari.

I only ditched Ghostery because I don’t exactly trust them. Otherwise it was working perfectly, too.

PS: I am obviously also using a custom DNS server. I’m a ControlD customer.

Oh, indeed! I missed the fact there was a second script. So there’s one for Mlmym and another for “regular” Lemmy instances. My bad.

(It’s still got the @match https://*/* that I dislike, though.)

Because it only works via the Mlmym frontend, supposedly. Give it a go: https://o.opnxng.com/lemmy.nicknakin.com/

I haven’t tested it myself. I hate scripts with dodgy website checks. The author should have hardcoded the known Mlmym instances instead. (or maybe that’s just a “me” problem.)

inb4 but this way the script needs less maintenance

If the Mlmym dev renames the “spacer” or “icon” classes for any reason or if he changes Mlmym’s HTML structure, this script would stop working immediately.

And anyway, running a check on every page your browser visits to determine if it is a Mlmym instance or not is simply inefficient and, I’d argue, bad practice, security-wise.

sun my balls

Sun his balls?