You can tell Safari to use Reader Mode by default on all websites.
On iOS 18: Settings > Apps > Safari > Reader > All Websites.
On macOS 15: Safari > Settings… > Websites > Reader > When visiting other websites.
- Every website has the same accessible layout
- Blocks advertisements
- Blocks popups and auto playing videos
- Blocks cookie banners
- Blocks newsletter signup modals
- Blocks sticky headers and all distractions
- Auto dark/light mode on all websites
- Choose your preferred colour theme, font, font size and margins and it applies to all websites
- Images are presented neatly
- Inline videos are presented neatly
- Space bar to scroll down, shift+space bar to scroll up
- J/K to scroll between HTML elements (usually next paragraph)
- Can be disabled on a per-domain basis for when it's not suitable
The downsides:
- There are no downsides