custom scriptlet for removing Bluesky's annoyances

bsky-annoyances.txt

bsky.app##+js(user-bsky-annoyances.js)
main.bsky.dev##+js(user-bsky-annoyances.js)

user-bsky-annoyances.js

const _fetch = globalThis.fetch;
globalThis.fetch = function (req, init) {
  if (req instanceof Request) {
    const url = new URL(req.url);

    switch (url.pathname) {
      // remove trending topics
      case '/xrpc/app.bsky.unspecced.getTrendingTopics':
        return Response.json({ suggested: [], topics: [] });

      // remove follow suggestions
      case '/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getSuggestions':
        return Response.json({ actors: [] });

      // remove feed interaction tracking
      case '/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.sendInteractions':
        return req.clone().json().then((data) => {
          data.interactions = data.interactions.filter((evt) => {
            switch (evt.event) {
              // requestLess and requestMore is a user-explicit action
              case 'app.bsky.feed.defs#requestLess':
              case 'app.bsky.feed.defs#requestMore':
                return true;
            }

            return false;
          });

          // nothing to send, don't bother contacting
          if (data.interactions.length === 0) {
            return Response.json({});
          }

          req = new Request(req, { body: JSON.stringify(data) });
          return _fetch.call(this, req);
        });
    }
  } else if (req === 'https://bsky.app/ipcc') {
    // remove regional moderation (germany, brazil)
    return Response.json({ countryCode: 'US' });
  }

  return _fetch.call(this, req, init);
};

const _open = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open;
XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open = function (method, url, isAsync, user, password) {
  // remove video session tracking
  {
    // `video.bsky.app` is a middleware that adds session tracking,
    // the actual files lives on `video.cdn.bsky.app`
    url = url.replace('://video.bsky.app/watch/', '://video.cdn.bsky.app/hls/');
  }

  return _open.call(this, method, url, isAsync, user, password);
};