MacRumors (macrumors.com)

Ethical design violations

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• 52 trackers

  Exposes you to third-party sites.

• web bug

  Invisible tracking pixel.

After Better

• 2.4× Safer

  222 requests blocked

• 34% Lighter

  1.27 MB saved

• 2.6× Faster

  1.07 minutes saved

Statistics by Better Inspector based on the page as on Sunday, November 11th 2018

Block rules

Remove empty spaces left by behavioural advertising on the MacRumors site

- trigger:
  - url-filter: macrumors.com
  - load-type: first-party
- action:
  - selector: .ad, #adTop, .foobar, #sideAd, div[id*="contentAd"]
  - type: css-display-none

Remove empty space at top of the MacRumors forum

- trigger:
  - url-filter: forums.macrumors.com
  - load-type: first-party
- action:
  - selector: .funbox
  - type: css-display-none

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