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  • Go to uBO's dashboard, disable scripts, reload. Or just set browser to Reader Mode. Somehow, works over 75% of the time.

  • If I know the information isn't available anywhere else and I really need it, I use a temporary unrestricted browser profile.

    Otherwise, Ctrl+w it is.

  • Search for the headline on a search engine and read the article elsewhere. Usually these news sites just copy and paste the article and slap a different website name on it.

  • If it's something I really want and using crypt(dot)cc or whatever it is with the captcha like puzzles with the alien like creatures, I disable and make sure to re-enable when done. Otherwise I go away.

    For other sites, if I cannot element destroy it and see the content, I'm outta there as fast as a deadbeat who just found out his girlfriend is pregnant.

  • Usually, I’m on mobile, so either reader mode or Hide Distracting Items.

    The rest of the time, I just find another source.

  • Well, if it's not something I really want to see, I just close it. If I do want to see it, then:

    • if I'm on my laptop, I open dev tools and remove the element blocking other interaction
    • if I'm on my phone or the above doesn't work on laptop, I open an anonymous window, disable adblock, read/watch/whatever the content, enable adblock, close anonymous window

    I do and same for other kinds of annoyances, like the recent trend of "pay us or give us consent to mine your data".

  • I create a ublock filter. Out of interest, what exotic media are you trying to find specifically that requires using those sites?

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