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So forbes now has a freaking video in the corner that I can't close? WTF?
by Giorgi 7y ago
So forbes now has a freaking video in the corner that I can't close? WTF?
- zeta0134 7y agoI dislike side rails, so I blocked it, and this appears to block the video that follows you around the article too. Here's the uBlock filter I use, which would probably work on other ad blockers: ! 5/26/2019 https://www.forbes.com www.forbes.com##.right-rail I especially love how the video waits for you to start scrolling. I've noticed that as a vulnerability in autoplaying media, since the scroll counts as a user action and the browser will allow the site to "play" the media at that point. Some sites use it to "auto"-play videos with sound, working around the user's preferences. Don't any of these sites realize how hostile this behavior is?
- schmookeeg 7y agoIt's getting worse, everywhere. Autoplay is a scourge I can't seem to get out of my life. For Chrome at least, I find this handy https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/html-content-blocker/nobnkgabkebhhlgfddbemmefjnjnahoe?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/html-content-block... I run the media blocker nearly 100% of the time and only turn it off on the rare occasion when I want to watch a video.