The irony is that this page somehow managed to blast a video ad with super-loud sound as soon as I opened it (though UBlock seems to have blocked it the second time). Anyhow, the article describes the application Nobook, which is a reader for Facebook, which removes all the advertisements and recommended posts. As the author notes, "I could immediately view posts from friends and groups that I follow without being bombarded by the things that tend to get in the way." The app is interesting, first, because it's the private project of a single individual, and second, because it's basically a web browser that 'wraps' around Facebook and then delivers only the content users want to see. I think this will be a point of contention in the future, as services seek to clamp down on the freedom people have to use browsers - rather than proprietary apps - to view their content.
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