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No, no, no, no, no. Again for those in the back row - No, no, no, no, no! Why? Because then the browser opens a new tab when you UNINSTALL the extension! The whole POINT of that MOD is for NO TAB TO BE LAUNCHED when the extension is UNINSTALLED! Especially no PHONE-HOME tab to the HOME PAGE. But why replace the phone-home HOME PAGE URL with a EMPTY TAB URL ??? Try your advice! It launches an empty tab (with a certificate error). Again, the entire PURPOSE of that MODIFICATION is so that I can uninstall the extension WITHOUT ANY TAB AUTO-LAUNCHING. None, naughta, zero, zilch, null, zewo, nula, nol, cero! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_the_number_0 Please, please, please - listen to my raving wisdom.

Perhaps. But not all extensions can have telemetry removed in this "simplistic" manner. More often then not, it requires tracking down a variable (ie, the *time bomb* was particularly interesting to isolate) or removing lines (plural) of javascript code. In fact, if you remove the URL below entirely or even replace the tt with xx, then Tampermonkey's GUI will not even load! For this one, replacing http with ftp may have worked just as well as prefixing with disabled-. URL("disabled-ht tps://www.tampermonkey.net/uninstall.php?ext="+rea.runtime.short_id),_t.init(()=>{Ye.finalize()}),Object(ie.init)

Well yes but no... The tt -> xx has been COMMON PRACTICE since the 90s. So no, I did not learn this from 360Chrome repackers. But yes, a few CPU cycles are consumed. But so are they with 0.0.0.0 ???

Personally, "don't care". The sky is not falling!

My apologies! I make so many extension mods that I (temporarily) lost track. The Google Analytics that I had to "defuse" last week was when I was testing audio EQ extensions. Since we are embarking on this journey, I'll walk through that extension's modifications. It is the EQ extension that makes a Google Analytics connection with each and every browser launch. It is this extension - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ears-bass-boost-eq-any-au/nfdfiepdkbnoanddpianalelglmfooik?hl=en In manifest.json, make this mod to defuse the Google Analytics telemetry: "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self' https://ssl.google-analytics.com; object-src 'self'" "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self' hxxps://ssl.google-analytics.com; object-src 'self'" In popup.js, make this mod to defuse the Google Analytics telemetry: e.src="https://ssl.google-analytics.com/ga.js"; e.src="hxxps://ssl.google-analytics.com/ga.js";

How to remove Google Analytics telemetry in Tampermonkey. Also some GUI-related items of telemetric intent. First - be warned, Tampermonkey also has a "time bomb" (contribution solicitation) and a "the version you are using has been tampered with, please uninstall and reinstall from official sources" embedded 'checks' which are reported via automated visits to the "home page". So those should also be "defused" (and are in the below mods). I cite the changes for v4.13 as that is the version that I use. In extension.js, make the following mods (before line is first line, modified line is second line): },i=$('<iframe src="ht tps://www.tampermonkey.net/contrib.php?embedded=2'+(t?"&locale="+t:"")+"&src="+(e||"e")+rea.runtime.short_id+'" class="contrib_iframe"></iframe>'),s=[$('<button [IGNORE SPACE IN HTTPS] },i=$(''),s=[$('<button l=i("div","head_container","opt","head_container"),c=i("div","tv_container_fit","opt","tv_container"),A=s("a","head_link","heads","head_link");A.href="https://www.tampermonkey.net",A.target="_blank";const l=i("div","head_container","opt","head_container"),c=i("div","tv_container_fit","opt","tv_container"),A=s("a","head_link","heads","head_link");const r=i("div","head_container","ask","head_container"),o=i("div","tv_container_fit","ask","tv_container"),a=s("a","head_link","ask","head_link");a.href="https://www.tampermonkey.net",a.target="_blank";const r=i("div","head_container","ask","head_container"),o=i("div","tv_container_fit","ask","tv_container"),a=s("a","head_link","ask","head_link");const In background.js, make the following mods (before line is first line, modified line is second line): sub_menu_item:!0,pos:"bottom",items:[]};A.items.push({name:M.I18N.getMessage("Dashboard"),image:"utilities",url:rea.extension.getURL("options.html")+"#"+ sub_menu_item:!0,pos:"bottom-disabled",items:[]};A.items.push({name:M.I18N.getMessage("Dashboard"),image:"utilities",url:rea.extension.getURL("options.html")+"#"+ e;h.length?(e={name:"scripts_new",id:"scripts_new",sub_menu_item:!0,pos:"center",items:[]},s.push(e)):e=l;const e;h.length?(e={name:"scripts_new",id:"scripts_new",sub_menu_item:!0,pos:"center-disabled",items:[]},s.push(e)):e=l;const e=[],r=M.I18N.getLocale(),n={name:"commands",id:"commands",sub_menu_item:!0,pos:"left",items:[] e=[],r=M.I18N.getLocale(),n={name:"commands",id:"commands",sub_menu_item:!0,pos:"left-disabled",items:[] e=12096e5;let (this is the "time bomb", 12096e5 milliseconds = 14 days, this and the next mod are related, there are other ways to defuse, this is just what I did as the "easiest" to defuse) e=0;let r=Date.now(),n=!t.first_run||t.first_run.ts+e<r,s=!t.hide,o=!t.contributed,a=!t.later||t.later.ts+e<r;if(!Ne.RUNTIME.SAFARI&&!Ne.RUNTIME.DOLPHIN&&n&&s&&o&&a)return r=Date.now(),n=!t.first_run||t.first_run.ts+e<e,s=!t.hide,o=!t.contributed,a=!t.later||t.later.ts+e<e;if(!Ne.RUNTIME.SAFARI&&!Ne.RUNTIME.DOLPHIN&&n&&s&&o&&a)return newV:rea.extension.manifest.version,oldV:null,first_run:!1,active:!1},r=()=>{if(!kt.late)return (disables "first run" Mickey Mouse Crap, ie, disables auto-visit to home page [which has also been seen to launch a HUNDRED chrome.exe's in Supermium!]) newV:rea.extension.manifest.version,oldV:null,first_run:!1,active:!1},r=()=>{if(!kt-disabled.late)return URL("ht tps://www.tampermonkey.net/uninstall.php?ext="+rea.runtime.short_id),_t.init(()=>{Ye.finalize()}),Object(ie.init) (disables "dumb" 'why did you uninstall me' auto-visit Mickey Mouse Crap) [IGNORE SPACE IN HTTPS] URL("disabled-ht tps://www.tampermonkey.net/uninstall.php?ext="+rea.runtime.short_id),_t.init(()=>{Ye.finalize()}),Object(ie.init) In style.css, make the following mods (I wouldn't call them telemetric, I'm only including since I am listing my mods): sup{font-size:small} sup{display:none} .noborder{border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;border:0}.float{float:left} .noborder{border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;border:0}.float{cursor:default;float:left} .contrib_button{padding:10px;margin:0 10px} .contrib_button{display:none} .social{font-size:.5em;display:inline;vertical-align:bottom} .social{display:none} Hmm, I think that's all of my v4.13 changes. Google Analytics does not seem to be one of my v4.13 changes. Telling me that Google Analytics was added with LATER VERSIONS. One moment, I'll do a little more digging...

Not sure if the two are the same. Gray area. Admins/Moderators could have shut down the 360Chrome discussions (which I did not "start", I simply expanded upon and carried over to version-specific threads) at any point. None did. So fair enough. We can let the Admins/Moderators erase the next post if we "crossed the line" (it's always been a very fine line).

No surprise here! I'm not a fan of anything being "internal". The browser should "render" and nothing more! I'm not sure if it is "allowed" to (publicly) discuss how to break/modify Tampermonkey's telemetry. Does doing so break MSFN Forum Rules?

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I guess this isn't technically accurate. 1809 does have a better Task Manager that will display GPU usage. But that is only important if you rely solely on Window's native Task Manager as I get GPU usage from System Informer 3.1.24333.0 and use it over the native Task Manager.

WinReducerEX100. https://forum.winreducer.net And the "base" OS is Win10 1607 (year = 2016). I do have a tweaked version of Win10 1809 (year = 2019) but it's still at trial-and-error due to a very long blank screen during cold boot. 1809 doesn't gain me anything over 1607 and I'll likely never need 1809 but would jump to 21H2 next. Only time will tell. I used XP for twenty three years. Perhaps I'm being naive, but I have my fingers crossed that I can get at least half that (call it twelve years) and sail along just fine with 1607! "Support" from Microsoft is MEANINGLESS to me. I don't even install "updates" to 1607! If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

My Win10 is ALREADY TWEAKED DOWN TO ONLY 27 PROCESSES !!! (the screencap shows 28 because I had to open the Task Manager process, lol) This is technically from inside a VM but my HOST is IDENTICAL. To be perfectly fair and honest and not hide anything, the process count is 29 and 31 on two laptops but this is due to sound and graphics drivers for higher resolutions than default generic drivers. This tweaked-down version of Win10 (1607) is the result of two years of trial-and-error all while still running XP as my only OS. I could NOT bring myself to migrate away from XP until I was able to get Win10 to my liking. And as one might suspect, it was web browser and billpay access HEADACHES in XP that was the "last straw". Once I did finally end up a Win10 User, I REGRET NOT DOING IT SOONER - Win10 *is* much BETTER once you tweak out the BS!

<excerpt> Over time I have observed that the audio quality of the PC is related to the number of processes that run on it and to the latency. We all know that Windows Server has higher quality sound than Windows 10, and in Core mode even more, and if we also run it from RAM it increases much more. These facts corroborate the above, as they are related to the number of processes that are executed in the OS while listening and with the latency, always lower in RAM. To corroborate these statements I have checked how many processes are running on each OS (clean) mentioned above, and the results are as follows: 1. WINDOWS 10: 126 processes (104 applying Windows Debloater powereshell script and disabling Windows Defender) 2. WINDOWS SERVER 2019 GUI: 104 processes (with defender installed) (87 with defender uninstalled) 3. WINDOWS SERVER 2019 CORE *: 71 processes (54 with defender uninstalled) (*) with AppCompatibility FOD installed. 4. WINDOWS 10-11 PE: 27 processes.

I don't think this is the correct forum. Everything within my template was obtained from here. And a ton of trial-and-error. I intentionally break/defuse/axe things like Windows Defender and Windows Firewall and Smart Screen and Action Center for the sake of PERFORMANCE over "security". I strongly feel that if I get hit with malware/virus/trojan, then it is BECAUSE I WAS STUPID AND CLICKED ON SOMETHING I SHOULD NOT HAVE, INTALLED SOMETHING I SHOULD NOT HAVE, VISITED A WEB SITE I SHOULD NOT HAVE, et cetera. I have NO INTEREST in my computer being CRIPPLED with background bottlenecks to "protect me from me". I take FULL RESPONSIBILITY and BLAME MYSELF if I click on something I should not, install something I should not, et cetera. If a new thread is started and there is enough interest, I may reconsider. But in the meantime, there are other (better [due to membership subset]) forums for discussing these types of templates.

I have the opposite experience. The broswer is FASTER if you have the correct combination of lists. Technically, I don't think I've ever witnessed even the "wrong" combination making the browser "slower".

I use a stripped-down version (WinReducerEx100) of 1607 on five home computers without any issues. One is an ancient quad-core (may even only be duo, would have to look), one is an i3 laptop, one is an i5 laptop, one is a single-core desktop, and one is an i7 desktop. Three of the five are used DAILY. The fourth is used at least three times a week. The single-core is for music out in the garage so is only when working in garage or in backyard. VERY practical and NO ISSUES. I don't doubt that these will not last "forever". But I envision at least FOUR TO FIVE MORE YEARS before I have to worry about anything! That's an eternity for computers already 8-16 years old.

Eureka! I did not originallyhave this toggled to Enabled, but doing so definitely broke Violentmonkey's ability to inject scripts! I only tried most-recent stable (non-beta) version. It does not break Tamerpermonkey's v4.13 ability to inject scripts (only tried that version because that was already present in the 360Chrome profile). Tampermonkey's most-recent stable (non-beta) version does not work (reducing min-ver in manifest will get it to install, but the GUI will not load). That's where I stopped for now... I personally PREFER Tampermonkey over Violentmonkey but BOTH are equally GREAT and only a matter of PERSONAL PREFERENCE. If the OP wants to isolate how "old" of a Tampermonkey version he must go and still be able to use the "experimental-web-platform-features", I don't mind hunting that down. We do know that version 4.13 does work! Technically, I've never had any use for any version newer but cannot recall offhand "why" I opted for v4.13. t is VERY common for me to test tons of extension versions and hand-select the version I *keep*. Which is not always "latest and greatest" but the actual "why" will vary greatly from one extension to the next.

I am unable to replicate. Violentmonkey and scripts install and execute just fine for me in 360Chrome v13.5.1030 ungoogled, v13.5.2036 ungoogled, and in v13.5.2036 regular. Both in XP and in 10. The only thing I did during my testing which seems different from your testing is that I did not "import" scripts. I installed "new" because I had nothing to import at the time. So I just ran some greasyfork font scripts just for testing. Everything worked as expected.

Yep, that's the one. I keep it at the HIGH preset ALL OF THE TIME. I'm too old to have to turn up the volume to hear the normal scenes then get BLASTED TO H#LL with LOUD VOLUMES during action scenes.

@VistaLover - I'd be interested in the Promise.withResolvers() (first implemented with Chrome v119) polyfill code.

Not quite that simple. I run 15 extensions and only have 12/13 processes running. I don't know the exact "formula", so to speak. But I know my Chromium will run eight (or is it four?) processes when I have NO EXTENSIONS installed. And I've had times where I'm testing extension after extension after extension after extension to look for one I want to keep and may have FORTY extensions installed but have NOWHERE NEAR forty processes running. Update: For me, zero extensions equals 5/6 processes. So adding FIFTEEN extensions only "added" 7/8 processes.

I do not use Supermium (I use Official Ungoogled Chromium v122 in conjuction with the PortableApps Portable Chrome loader). I personally have zero interest in anything based on Chrome v126 or higher! (Time may change that... eventually...) Using Supermium or not is irrelevant to the question, everything that I use for my YouTube experience can be used in Supermium. I've actually flip-flopped on YouTube. Six months or so ago, I dang near NEVER used it! Nowadays, I use it DAILY and even stopped paying for Netflix and Hulu in favor of YouTube without any advertisements! Project VORAPIS is "good"... But not great! It will wholly and fully depend on your own use/expectations/wish-list. It does not work "for me", but it may work "for you". Only you can answer that. For starters, one must realize that it isn't all about number of chrome.exe processes. YouTube with no extensions will run a higher CPU than YouTube with FOUR OR FIVE extensions and SLIGHTLY higher RAM consumption. For YouTube ads, I use uBlock Origin v1.59.0 (modified, I defuse the whole "blocked since install", "blocked on this page", et cetera as I see them as "usage tracking telemetry" that serves no purpose for functionality [and is inaccurate compared to other measurements]). But my YouTube experience relies on much MUCH more than just blocking ads. Tampermonkey v4.13 (modified to prevent Google Analytics telemetry, no "thanks for installing/uninstalling" auto-visits, cosmetic changes, et cetera) is used to set default preferences for Closed Captions, Annotations, Stable Volume Ambient Mode, home page view, what codecs are allowed, disable mouseover inline play, remove "shorts" as I am not interested in the general "lack of intelligence" of users that submit "shorts", disable "most replayed" graph as what OTHER people like to replay has no bearing whatsoever on what I may or may not replay, add autoplay button for playlists, et cetera. Stylus extension (modified) to add my own userstyles. Enhancer for YouTube extension (modified) for selecting playback quality on initial load versus entering full screen mode, for the popup player to watch the video while scrolling the list of suggested videos, for the "loop mode" control. Ears Audio Toolkit extension (modified) for equalizer effects (not limited to YouTube). Audio Compressor extension (modified) to alter dynamic range of audio (not limited to YouTube). PiP Floating Player extension (modified) to be able to minimize video as an always-on-top resizable player with its own player controls (not limited to YouTube, very useful for watching YouTube or news at work). Fullscreen Videos extension (modified) for NOT using Chrome's "full screen" mode, but using a "windowed" full screen where the video uses the entire browser window but maintains the Operating System's taskbar and the browsers tab/address/title bars.

I do not get video ads or static ads. And I'm not too keen on disabling my ad-blockers just to seek a solution. My main point is that all of these methods can be *combined* into a script that does what you are wanting it to do. ie, if one of the previous scripts is what you prefer, but you want to be able to pause then restart, then simply add the mouse/keyboard detection from the third script to be included in whichever of the first two scripts that you prefer to use.

So did you try this script?

I had the same experience with one of the disable autoplay scripts but forget which one it was, to be honest. The two previously cited scripts attempt to target "all" web sites, not just YouTube. For me, I pause and restart YouTube with the keyboard shortcut "k" and it would not start replaying when using one of those scripts, maybe even with both, I forget at the moment. This is the stop autoplay script that I am currently using and it seems to be working fine for me -- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/372780-stop-youtube-autoplay/code Please report if this one also works for you. I'm always looking for better YouTube experience, lol. Not having autoplay at page load is one of those improvements that never dawned on me until you brought it up. Note that this one only targets YouTube and does not attempt to stop autoplay on "all" web sites. That limitation also makes this one much easier to see what it does and much much smaller of a script. It literally just forces a pause "continuously" every 200ms after loading a YouTube page. And unloads itself whenever the user pressses any mouse button or keyboard key to interact with the YouTube page. I have noticed a very tiny number of YouTube videos where there is audio within the first 200ms of the video and so you might occasionally hear a tiny blip of audio before the script performs its pause. The 200 could always be reduced to a smaller number if this becomes too frequent, but for the most part 200 seems just fine. Generally, audio that quickly into a video is just a very bad practice on the video itself, no "fade in" time.