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Looking for a uBlock blocklist that blocks those auto-playing videos that get inserted to so many web articles these days. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by bigfoot@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A lot of internet publications today have videos in the middle of their articles that have nothing to do with the actual content. Example in this WIRED article here.

I'm wondering if there is an active blocklist for this kind of content? I already have uBlocks "annoyances" all subscribed. These videos slow down the pages and are too numerous to block individually.

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[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

Not sure if you're on desktop or mobile. On mobile I'm using Mull with uBlock origin in medium mode. I don't see any videos in the article you linked and I don't see most of the annoyances many people complain about.

This is a rather strict setup that can break some sites, but over time you can tune it to make most sites work without intervention on future visits.