sindresorhus/Plash

Hide cookie notices & ad-blocking

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#37 opened on Jan 17, 2020

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Description

Cookie notices and ads are annoying. WKWebView supports a content filter, so I think we can find some sources to feed it.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/wkusercontentcontroller/2902756-add

For cookie notices, probably this: https://fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-cookiemonster.txt

For ads, there are a bunch here: https://filterlists.com

Could do something like this: https://github.com/sindresorhus/capture-website/pull/98 (see https://github.com/ghostery/adblocker/pull/9)

This is a huge amount of work and will not happen soon

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Tech stack
None
Domain
desktop
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
5
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
macOS developmentWKWebView APIContent filteringFilter lists management
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
10
Research direction
Investigate WKWebView's content filter capability using the provided Apple documentation. Explore filter list sources like Fanboy's Cookie Monster and FilterLists.com. Review the referenced PRs (capture website PR #98 and ghostery/adblocker PR #9) for implementation patterns. Implement a mechanism to fetch and apply filter rules in Plash.
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