On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 01:17:51 +0000 Teodoro Santoni <asbras...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Teodoro, > Obfuscation of the data used to draw the web application is also > often done on purpose, to protect the website's revenue from > adblockers. I dispute the idea that web services like Soundcloud > would need an interface like the one Soundcloud has right now, unless > it needs to have a player-omnibar-comment interface. I totally agree with you. It also explains, why YouTube changes so often, in order to break third-party tools like youtube-dl. Admittedly, the youtube-dl developers define the word masochism, which in a good way shows that with enough dedication you can really create something wonderful. And not only with YouTube, youtube-dl also saves you from the mess that twitch is. > But it's not that grim like I painted it, the only two real problems > are > * with vital-tier websites like online banking impeding to avoid to > be burdened by the choice of either the single preferred brand and > model of web browser or the mobile app on a smartphone, avoiding the > PC entirely; > * with static document archives which are switching to https, which > is good when you're reading a blog of whatever, but is bad when you > have to browse your township's website after a major catastrophe, for > example. Yes, especially the forced TLS bugs me often. Call me old-fashioned, but sometimes, websites force TLS and only accept new, shiny curves that have been published for a few months. It goes so far that some websites don't even allow you to connect if your browser/TLS-stack is older than a year. And for pages like lobste.rs, which does it in a less harsh way but still, I don't see the reason to connect with TLS enforced. > Anything else can be solved by finding your way into scraping the > website and building a proxy that sends you a very simplified version > of it at your w3m, links, lynx, dillo, mosaic or shell script. > It isn't easier and should be packed into a standard distribution, > but it isn't all that much of an enigma. Never go full Stallman. Cheers Laslo -- Laslo Hunhold <d...@frign.de>
