"Internet Landmines"

Published on 2023 | Revised on 2025-03-16

Before various evils had spread their wings over the web, you could've treated it like a library

Now it's more or less a war-zone

This post is dedicated to some technical solution for sidestepping landmines,

Example 1. The Ultimate Way of Browsing Channels

In the words of the author,

"No browsers, accounts, distractions, crappy algorithm and recommendations, advertisements, sponsors, intros, outros, fillers or empty spaces. We eliminate them all"

Example 2. ytfzf

A POSIX script that helps you find Youtube videos (without API) and opens/downloads them using mpv/youtube-dl

Showcase,

Example 3. Unplug the router