Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Two things that have vastly improved my online life lately: 1. Adding ...
Two things that have vastly improved my online life lately:
1. Adding "||accounts.google.com/gsi/*$xhr,script,3p" to Ublock Origin, which comprehensively blocks every Google login popup on random websites;
2. Switching my paypal.com bookmark to "
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_account,"; which bypasses the "Download the app" nag-screen.
Published at
2025-07-30 14:39:48 UTCEvent JSON
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