Background
- GetBlocked is a tool posted on Hacker News ("Show HN") that aims to stop websites from tracking you. The developer notes AI was used for formatting, preempting the community's skepticism about low-effort AI-generated submissions ("slop").
- "Web tracking" refers to cookies, fingerprinting, and third-party scripts (Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, etc.) that follow users across sites to build behavioral profiles. This is a major privacy concern distinct from ad blocking.
- Hacker News is a tech community where users share personal projects. "Show HN" posts are expected to be original work, and the audience is critical of anything seen as derivative or AI-generated without real effort.
- The key question: what does this tool do differently from established privacy tools like uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, or Pi-hole? The repo would need to explain its method — e.g., blocking tracker domains, stripping URL parameters, or modifying DNS.