#block autoplay

[mudwerks]

The next version of Chrome will block autoplaying videos with sound

Media will only autoplay if certain conditions are met.

yes

[mudwerks]

Google Chrome will block autoplay video starting January 2018

Only muted video and user "interest in the media" will be allowed by default.

please feel free to start doing that sooner

[unfriendlypedestrian]

Block Netflix Banner Autoplay

Don’t want to see the Netflix auto-play banner when you log in? There is a way with Chrome and additional extension.

1.  Install the uBlock Origin extension.  Its a great tool in general and will be what we use to block the banner container.

2.  Once its installed restart Chrome and you will see the shield icon in the top right of your browser.  Click on it and you will see the popup as shown in the first picture below.

3.  Click on the button outlined in red in the first picture above to “Open the Dashboard”.

4.  Make sure you are looking at the “My Filters” tab.

5.  At the bottom of the list of entries you will add the entry needed to block the banner.

www.netflix.com##.billboard-row

6.  Once you restart Chrome, the whole banner container will no longer be there in Netflix.

There may be other tools you can use to block the billboard-row container.

[techviraluk-blog]

Upcoming versions of Google Chrome will let you permanently mute sites, block autoplaying videos

Upcoming versions of Google Chrome will let you permanently mute sites, block autoplaying videos

One of the most annoying things about surfing today’s web – besides all those ads, of course – is landing on a site and getting blasted by a video that starts playing automatically. Not only does the experience surprise and annoy web users, it can also consume power and use data – which is concerning for mobile users, in particular. Now Google says it will do something about the problem. In the…

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