Today I visited Github to find a Copilot search box prominently displayed at the top of the page. Microsoft is reallyyyy pushing Copilot hard; I posted a few days ago about the email I received announcing Copilot is free now.

I don't want to use Copilot (1). It is bad and unethical technology. I don't want Copilot forced on me any more than I want other commercial products forced on me when I'm trying to do something else.

So I did what I usually do: make a uBlock Origin filter to hide the thing I don't want to see. Here's the filter to hide that Copilot box on Github:

github.com##.copilotPreview

They'll probably change the CSS and this rule will stop working, but for now it makes the offending box go away.

To use this, open the uBlock Origin settings in your web browser, choose My Filters, paste that string above in the box, and click Apply Changes. Refresh Github to verify it works.

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(1) I use code completion and other coding tools in IDEs, like many people who write software. Just not environment-destroying, copyright-infringing, Layoff as a Service aspiring anti-tech like Copilot