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.

  • jetAEnglish
    561·
    6 months ago

    Firefox lets you set default site settings, make the default site setting disable autoplay audio and video.

    For sites where you know you trust the video, you can do a per site permission in the URL bar saying autoplay is allowed for like YouTube