A Userscript which disables the reader view on the Pocket website and opens links directly instead

pocket_open_links_directly.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Pocket Open Links Directly
// @namespace    http://jangxx.com/
// @version      0.3.1
// @description  Disables the reader view on getpocket.com by redirecting to the target page directly
// @author       jangxx
// @match        *://getpocket.com/*
// @grant        none
// @downloadURL  https://gist.github.com/jangxx/6b10183591fa26b7388a444ec7f19a23/raw/pocket_open_links_directly.user.js
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    let pushState = history.pushState;

    history.pushState = function(...args) {
        if (args[2].startsWith("/read/")) {
            setTimeout(() => checkForLinks(true), 100);
        }

        pushState.apply(history, args);
    }

    function checkForLinks(pushed = false, retries = 30) {
        if ((!window.location.href.includes("getpocket.com/read/") && !pushed) || retries == 0) {
            return;
        }

        let link = document.getElementById("reader.external-link.view-original");

        if (link.href.startsWith("https://getpocket.com/redirect")) {
            if (pushed) {
                window.open(link.href);
                window.history.back();
            } else {
                window.location.href = link.href;
            }

            return;
        } else {
            window.location.href = link.href;
        }

        setTimeout(() => checkForLinks(pushed, retries - 1), 100);
    }

    setTimeout(checkForLinks, 100);
   
})();