StopTheMadness Pro is a web browser extension that stops websites from making your browser harder to use, and it protects your privacy on the web. StopTheMadness Pro is not an ad blocker but rather a one of a kind extension with a huge number of unique features! Made by indie developer Jeff Johnson. The support link has documentation and my email address. StopTheMadness Pro includes extensions for Safari on iOS and iPadOS, Safari, Safari web apps, Chrome, and Firefox on macOS.
StopTheMadness Pro is a major update to the beloved StopTheMadness extension, adding automatic iCloud sync of settings between all devices, as well as countless other new features and improvements.
StopTheMadness Pro features:
• Stop websites from disabling user interface features in your browser such as text selection, copy, cut, and paste, drag and drop, contextual menus, AutoFill, ⌘-key keyboard shortcuts, and 2-finger tap to open links in a new tab
• Stop Google AMP
• Remove URL query tracking parameters automatically
• Stop clickjacking on Google Search, Gmail, Facebook, and DuckDuckGo
• Stop hyperlink auditing (anchor "ping")
• Stop tracking beacons (Navigator.sendBeacon)
• Bypass well-known URL shorteners such as bit.ly, tinyurl, and t.co
• Stop autoplaying audio and video
• Always show Safari's native video controls, including Picture-in-Picture
• Unmute videos automatically on first play
• Auto-select video playback speed
• Stop Safari from pausing audio in background apps such as Apple Music
• Hide "Get the app" banners on Google, Google Maps, DuckDuckGo, IMDb, Quora, Patreon, Reddit, and Tumblr
• Hide "Sign in with Google" on all websites
• Hide "We'd like to send you some notifications" banners on many websites
• Hide elements on web pages with a tap
• Edit the tab URL in a large separate window instead of Safari's small address bar
• Font substitution on websites
• Website-specific CSS and JavaScript
• Run custom JavaScript snippets at any time
• Custom URL redirects
• Stop losing characters in maxlength password fields
• Force links to open in the current tab instead of a new tab, or force links to open in a new tab instead of the current tab
• Force images to the front so you can drag, use the contextual menu, and save
• Stop web animations
• Stop websites from overwriting your system clipboard
• Show the concealed password in password fields
• Stop websites from disabling text replacements in Safari
• Stop websites from changing the cursor and hiding the scrollbar
• Stop the software keyboard from zooming in the web page
• Stop websites from disabling pinch to zoom
• Reload the web page on a timer
• View and edit web page HTML
• And many more!
I kept coming across this app on odd little list of apps that people found essential and thinking - wow, that sounds a lot of money to pay for an app that’ll probably fix a few geeky things about web browsing that I don’t notice anyway. Pleased to report that I was UTTERLY wrong and that this app is a work of broad-spectrum genius, devoted to giving you back control every time a web app feels like taking it from you. After using it for a month or two you start to forget just how much it solves and decomplicates about the daily experience of using the internet — then you use someone else’s computer for a few minutes and are reminded how creepingly demoralising the process without it can be. Worth every penny!
Just Brilliant….
Sooteee
After being a long time user of the original STM I was surprised when I stumbled on this ‘Pro’ version, however, as the original was a must have for Safari extensions I bought the update to support the dev (Jeff) thinking it wouldn’t be a massive change to the original version like a lot of ‘pro’ versions on the App Store.I was VERY wrong… wow! What a brilliant upgrade to an already outstanding program.It’s a universal app so one purchase will cover your iPhone, iPad, MacBook etc. The only thing lacking is family sharing, but he’s an indie dev and income is required….The app itself has a raft of options to allow you to make websites work as they should and not how some clown in a back office at a multinational company thinks you should use them!Turn them all on or off on a per site bases, on a per platform basis at your leisure.The tracker removal feature is great as is the website element blocker.I have an issue with Money Saving Experts website, where it insists on a ‘sign up to the newsletter etc etc to have it delivered every week’. I have got to the website from a link in the email so it’s just an annoyance. This program easily allows you to block the pop up element so it never bothers you again! Fantastic.Also the element blocker manager is now far more user friendly in this version.There is a shedload of additional options to tinker with and all with iCloud syncing so no more remembering to export settings and import them to another platform, much better.I didn’t think I’d need this and bought it more to support the dev than anything, and boy was I surprised at the vast array of improvements in this very much ‘Pro’ upgrade.You cannot afford to NOT have this in your extension collection, as along with a good ad blocker, you have the power back in your hands and not the website designers and marketers!
Developer Response
Thank you very much for the wonderful review! One little correction: Family Sharing should work with StopTheMadness Pro.
Wow. I can’t believe this exists.
s.co.hu
I thought I was expecting oddities and no way to achieve them on a browser. No. Somebody (this man here) has got your back.£15 seems a lot of money for an app that’s got no practically no ‘shiny UI’, but what it does it does it very well.It doesn’t phone home. It doesn’t collects analytics, it doesn’t betray me, and just tries to be helpful. We ack the possible bugs if we toggle settings on/off and that’s totally ok. I was still using basic adblockers hoping for a holy sudden help from the sky to browse with iOS safari but wow this is totally worth all this cost if keeps working as it’s been doing in these first few days.
Does everything it’s supposed to
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I found out about this on Daring Fireball and I was a little hesitant because of the price (broke student…) but I got it and it’s made web browsing a lot nicer. I would like to thank the developer for making this app, it works great across all my apple devices and actually looks like an app made for the platforms. My favourite features are the video controls and the iCloud sync
• Autoclick buttons: Use the Frame Domain about:blank for about:blank iframes
• Override built-in functions: Fixed some breakage introduced in StopTheMadness Pro version 26.1
Version 26.3
The developer, Jeff Johnson, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary based, for example, on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
