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LibRedirect really gives you a taste of what the web could have been like had it not developed under capitalism.

https://libredirect.github.io/

(Thanks to everyone who suggested it to me here. I really feel the difference when I’m on my iPhone and I’m like, wait, why did the web become shit all of a sudden?) :)

#libRedirect #BigTech #alternatives #SmallTech #stopgaps

LibRedirect - privacy-friendly Redirector

A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, Instagram... requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends
libredirect.github.io
#Alternatives #SmallTech #bigtech #LibRedirect #stopgaps
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mikael
mikael
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I really recommend https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/
It will redirect from anywhere to anywhere.

Redirector – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Redirector for Firefox. Automatically redirects to user-defined urls on certain pages
addons.mozilla.org
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testman
testman
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Farside is a project that does something similar.
But it does the redirect using a server instead of a web extension.
https://farside.link/
for example, you can get rickrolled through one of Invidious instances by opening this link: https://farside.link/invidious/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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@kayfaber Just Aral, please. We don’t need the “abi” :)
@kayfaber :antiverified:
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Normand C. :postmarketos:
Normand C. :postmarketos:
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LibRedirect was great on Firefox. Unfortunately, the FF extension hasn't been updated since June 2022. Twitter redirect is no longer working, in the parameters it redirects to nitter.com (which doesn't exist) and a bug makes it impossible to set a custom nitter instance.

I had assumed development had stopped, but I now see that the Codeberg git repo is active. I wonder what's up with the FF extension. Will have to look into installing from source.
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