Ask HN: Would you pay for a tool to fix UX antipatterns on the web?

4 pointsLxr5y ago1 comments

Hi HN,

I'm constantly frustrated by the amount of annoying things websites do. Useless cookie and privacy notices, ads disguised as content, use-our-app walls, clickbait designed for "engagement", AMP and so on.

I'd like to build something to help users browse the web more efficiently. The closest thing I know of is uBlock Origin with handmade filters e.g. https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances, but this doesn't really solve the problem as I'd like (or maybe it can't due to API restrictions).

Is this something you'd use and/or pay for?

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Nextgrid5y ago

I’d pay good money ($100/month?) for proper reimplementations of official social media and messaging clients without the user-hostile features.

I actually want some services in app form but currently can’t have that because the official apps are malicious.

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