StopTheMadness Pro
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 30 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
People recommend it for blocking annoying website anti-features in Safari, with flexible rules and URL redirect controls. Critics note it should be used selectively rather than given access to every website.
People recommend it for blocking annoying website anti-features in Safari, with flexible rules and URL redirect controls. Critics note it should be used selectively rather than given access to every website.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 92%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 11 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Blocks annoying website anti-features
“I cannot recommend StopTheMadness [0] enough against this kind of user-hostile”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Cognitive Decline or Sanity Incline?” “All of these annoyances and more can be blocked by StopTheMadness”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Don't Roll Your Own” “It fixes this and other dumb website anti-features.”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Backseat Software” Flexible rules and redirect controls
“Shoutout StopTheMadness for allowing me to redirect one of the defaults as I see fit”
Comment from 21 Aug 2026 in “Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results” “even StopTheMadness Pro's blocking have enough flexibility to do it”
Comment from 13 Oct 2026 in “Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome” “URL Redirects feature, thanks Jeff Johnson!”
Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded” Useful daily, indispensable in Safari
“This is one of the most useful programs I use every day.”
Comment from 24 May 2026 in “Don't Roll Your Own” “I can't imagine Safari w/o it”
Comment from 16 Aug 2026 in “A fortuitous decade as an indie software developer” Worth the price, trusted developer
“Jeff Johnson is an Apple privacy information hero and deserves every penny for his apps like StopTheMadness”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Why does Mail app contact iCloud when sending a non-iCloud email?” “will do this pretty well for $15”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “PC Gamer Recommends RSS Readers in a 37MB Article That Just Keeps Downloading”
Other browser extensions people recommend
The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SponsorBlock | 137 | 4 | 97% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Firefox Multi-Account Containers | 76 | 13 | 85% | 10 | 7.5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| NoScript | 61 | 11 | 85% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| StopTheMadness ProThis page | 11 | 1 | 92% | 7 | — | Approved |
What people said
14 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“even StopTheMadness Pro's blocking have enough flexibility to do it”
“I cannot recommend StopTheMadness [0] enough against this kind of user-hostile”
“has a feature to warn when your paste or typing exceeds the input maxlength”
“URL Redirects feature, thanks Jeff Johnson!”
“Shoutout StopTheMadness for allowing me to redirect one of the defaults as I see fit”
“I can't imagine Safari w/o it”
“Jeff Johnson is an Apple privacy information hero and deserves every penny for his apps like StopTheMadness”
“I use StopTheMadness to prevent it.”
“Which is what StopTheMadness is and does.”
“This is one of the most useful programs I use every day.”
“All of these annoyances and more can be blocked by StopTheMadness”
“I can never give StopTheMadness access to every website and can only use it selectively”
“will do this pretty well for $15”
“It fixes this and other dumb website anti-features.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.