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Have you tried just blocking everything you don't like with uBlock Origin? There are probably prettier filters out there somewhere, but i got it down to what felt like a reasonable website experience by just cutting out everything I even slightly disliked using "block element" on right-click.

Ping @netstack

Let me see if I can compile my uBlock Origin blocklist for fandom.com:

fandom.com##.global-navigation

fandom.com###mixed-content-footer

fandom.com##.page__right-rail

fandom.com##.is-loading.top-leaderboard.ad-slot-placeholder

fandom.com###WikiaBar

fandom.com##.notifications-placeholder

fandom.com##.pathfinder-wrapper

fandom.com##.wds-global-footer

fandom.com##.global-footer

fandom.com##.page-side-tools__wrapper

fandom.com##.global-navigation__top

fandom.com##.page-footer

fandom.com#$#.resizable-container{width:100% !important;}

fandom.com#$#.resizable-container{max-width:9999px !important;}

fandom.com#$#.main-container{margin-left:0px !important;}

fandom.com#$#.main-container{width:100% !important;}

Enabled with those filters, vs. standard (and it's even worse than it seems. You can't see the mid-page ads yet, the top one seems to have randomly failed, and the video to the side didn't start either.)

My God.

I think I've been woefully underutilizing uBlock. It gets the ad domains by default, but I rarely blocked elements other than screen-covering modals. Seriously, thank you for this game-changer!

https://imgur.com/a/8Fy1JDV

Jesus, how many youtube videos do you watch at the same time?

One.

The rest are more like bookmarks.

Was going to mention that. I don't see any ads on fandom.com.