Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Yes Pandora, I'm still f*cking listening!

Do you want to know a secret? Pandora radio is awesome, and it's used by a many people. But, over time Pandora has added annoying disfeatures such as asking if you're still listening, and playing advertisements. Nothing breaks the mood of music like a radio commercial... it just messes up the vibes. Of course, you can pay a fee and avoid all that, or you can do this:

I stumbled across this line of  javascript a while ago, here is the source and authors page. I can't remember the author but I love it. Copy and paste this as a bookmarklet, and save it. Visit pandora.com, wait for it to load and start playing, and click the bookmark.

javascript:var%20imListening%20=%20function(){$('.still_listening.button.btn_bg').click();setTimeout(imListening,1000);return%20true;};%20if%20(imListening())%20alert('Thanks%20for%20listening!');

It will automatically click "Yes, I'm still listening." It's great, you get endless streaming music. However, you need Firefox, because the other half of the equation is Adblock Plus, a Firefox extension.  Addblock Plus blocks all of the advertisements on Pandora. So, you get the benefits of paid Pandora for the price of nothing, which is the way it ought to be. No commercials, endless music. Enjoy.

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