Proactively remove Twitter servie worker

content-script.js

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const nitterDefault = 'https://nitter.net';
+
+let disableNitter;
+let nitterInstance;
+
+window.browser = window.browser || window.chrome;
+
+function redirectTwitter(url) {
+  if (url.host.split('.')[0] === 'pbs') {
+    return `${nitterInstance}/pic/${encodeURIComponent(url.href)}`;
+  } else if (url.host.split('.')[0] === 'video') {
+    return `${nitterInstance}/gif/${encodeURIComponent(url.href)}`;
+  } else {
+    return `${nitterInstance}${url.pathname}${url.search}`;
+  };
+}
+
+browser.storage.sync.get(
+  ['nitterInstance', 'disableNitter', 'removeTwitterSW'],
+  (result) => {
+    if (!result.removeTwitterSW) {
+      disableNitter = result.disableNitter;
+      nitterInstance = result.nitterInstance || nitterDefault;
+      navigator.serviceWorker.getRegistrations().then(registrations => {
+        for (let registration of registrations) {
+          if (registration.scope === 'https://twitter.com/') {
+            registration.unregister();
+            console.log('Unregistered Twitter SW', registration);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+      const url = new URL(window.location);
+      if (!disableNitter && url.host !== nitterInstance) {
+        const redirect = redirectTwitter(url);
+        console.info(
+          'Redirecting', `"${url.href}"`, '=>', `"${redirect}"`
+        );
+        window.location = redirect;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+);

manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "Privacy Redirect",
   "description": "Redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives.",
-  "version": "1.1.16",
+  "version": "1.1.17",
   "manifest_version": 2,
   "background": {
     "scripts": [
@@ -31,6 +31,21 @@
       "128": "images/icon128.png"
     }
   },
+  "content_scripts": [
+    {
+      "matches": [
+        "*://twitter.com/*",
+        "*://www.twitter.com/*",
+        "*://mobile.twitter.com/*",
+        "*://pbs.twimg.com/*",
+        "*://video.twimg.com/*"
+      ],
+      "js": [
+        "content-script.js"
+      ],
+      "run_at": "document_start"
+    }
+  ],
   "options_ui": {
     "page": "pages/options/options.html",
     "open_in_tab": false

pages/options/options.html

@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@
     </select>
   </section>
 
+  <section class="options settings_block">
+    <div class="onoffswitch switch" aria-label="Proactively remove Twitter service worker">
+      <h1>Proactively remove Twitter service worker</h1>
+      <input aria-hidden="true" id="remove-twitter-sw" type="checkbox" checked>&nbsp;
+      <label for="remove-twitter-sw" class="checkbox-label">
+      </label>
+    </div>
+  </section>
+
   <script src="./options.js"></script>
 
 </body>

pages/options/options.js

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ let disableOsm = document.querySelector('#disable-osm');
 let alwaysProxy = document.querySelector('#always-proxy');
 let onlyEmbeddedVideo = document.querySelector('#only-embed');
 let videoQuality = document.querySelector('#video-quality');
+let removeTwitterSW = document.querySelector('#remove-twitter-sw');
 
 window.browser = window.browser || window.chrome;
 
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ browser.storage.sync.get(
     'disableOsm',
     'alwaysProxy',
     'onlyEmbeddedVideo',
-    'videoQuality'
+    'videoQuality',
+    'removeTwitterSW'
   ],
   result => {
     nitterInstance.value = result.nitterInstance || '';
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ browser.storage.sync.get(
     alwaysProxy.checked = result.alwaysProxy;
     onlyEmbeddedVideo.checked = result.onlyEmbeddedVideo;
     videoQuality.value = result.videoQuality || '';
+    removeTwitterSW.checked = !result.removeTwitterSW;
   }
 );
 
@@ -123,3 +126,7 @@ videoQuality.addEventListener('change', event => {
     videoQuality: event.target.options[videoQuality.selectedIndex].value
   });
 });
+
+removeTwitterSW.addEventListener('change', event => {
+  browser.storage.sync.set({ removeTwitterSW: !event.target.checked });
+});