HACKER Q&A
📣 bezoz

How can I filter out paywalls from my internet?


I am not interested in bypassing paywalls. I just want to browse the web as if all those paywall sites do not even exist.

For example, I'd be happy if any link to a paywall site is replaced by a text indicating this is filtered. I don't want to see any paywall site results in Google search, or links in Google news... etc.

Appreciate any pointers.


  👤 scottlilly Accepted Answer ✓
Several years ago, I wrote a Greasemonkey script to do this. I haven't used it in years, and am not sure if there's an alternative for Brave browser (my new standard).

It basically looked for all the "a" elements in the DOM and:

1. Set the href to call a JavaScript void

2. Set the element style's text-decoration to none

3. Set the element style's background color to #f3f315


👤 rishikeshs
12ft.io

👤 holden_nelson
Why?

👤 anon9384929
Can someone tell me why google allows paywalled results?