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)

||go.bsky.app/redirect$urlskip=?u

user-bsky-annoyances.js

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

		switch (url.pathname) {
			// remove trending topics
			case '/xrpc/app.bsky.unspecced.getConfig': {
				const res = await _fetch.call(this, req);
				if (res.status !== 200) {
					return res;
				}

				const data = await res.json();
				return Response.json({ ...data, topicsEnabled: false });
			}
			case '/xrpc/app.bsky.unspecced.getTrendingTopics': {
				return Response.json({ suggested: [], topics: [] });
			}
			case '/xrpc/app.bsky.unspecced.getTrends': {
				return Response.json({ trends: [] });
			}

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

			// remove suggestions from explore page
			case '/xrpc/app.bsky.unspecced.getSuggestedFeeds': {
				return Response.json({ feeds: [] });
			}
			case '/xrpc/app.bsky.unspecced.getSuggestedUsers': {
				return Response.json({ actors: [] });
			}
			case '/xrpc/app.bsky.unspecced.getSuggestedStarterPacks': {
				return Response.json({ starterPacks: [] });
			}

			// remove feed interaction tracking
			case '/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.sendInteractions': {
				const data = await req.json();

				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);
			}

			// mock age assurance
			case '/xrpc/app.bsky.unspecced.getAgeAssuranceState': {
				return Response.json({
					lastInitiatedAt: '2025-07-14T14:22:43.912Z',
					status: 'assured',
				});
			}
		}
	} else if (req === 'https://bsky.app/ipcc') {
		return Response.json({
			// remove regional moderation (germany, brazil)
			countryCode: 'US',
			// disable age assurance/kws content restriction
			isAgeRestrictedGeo: false,
		});
	}

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

const _open = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open;
XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open = function (method, urlString, isAsync, user, password) {
	// remove video session tracking
	if (!urlString.endsWith('/playlist.m3u8')) {
		// `video.bsky.app` is a middleware that adds session tracking,
		// the actual files lives on `video.cdn.bsky.app`
		urlString = urlString.replace('://video.bsky.app/watch/', '://video.cdn.bsky.app/hls/');
	}

	const url = new URL(urlString);

	// remove `session_id` everywhere
	url.searchParams.delete('session_id');

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