uBlock Origin filter blocks autoplay videos on TechCrunch
Original title: uBlock Origin filter to block autoplay videos in TechCrunch
New uBlock Origin dashboard filters stop autoplay videos in TechCrunch articles by blocking JW Player and Connatix scripts.
TechCrunch articles autoplay videos through a JW Player embed that continues running in the background. Users can block the scripts with URL filters targeting jwplatform.com and jwpcdn.com. Cosmetic rules hide the empty player box left behind. The filters work on Firefox with the full MV2 extension.
- Video is JW Player embed
- Additional Connatix floating ad player is loaded
- Filters target content.jwplatform.com and ssl.p.jwpcdn.com
- Cosmetic rule hides techcrunch.com##.wp-block-techcrunch-jw-player-embed
- Applies to Firefox full MV2 version
From the original article
1 min read at cornfieldlabs.github.ioEvery TechCrunch article autoplays a video in the middle of the post. Hiding it isn’t enough, because the player keeps running in the background. The video is a JW Player embed, and the page also loads Connatix’s floating
By cornfieldlabs · cornfieldlabs.github.io
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