Yet another autoplay blocker

Pause videos until you click on them.

What is Yet another autoplay blocker?

"Yet Another Autoplay Blocker" is a simple but effective Chrome extension that pauses videos on any webpage until the user decides to play them. It is designed to block the autoplay feature often found in online videos, hence providing users with more control over their browsing experience. Offering a no-nonsense approach, this extension has no additional options to fiddle with - it simply does its job in the background, ensuring a user-centric video playback experience.

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Extension stats

By: omegacentaurisoftware

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Users: 892 ▲ 32

Rating: 3.88 (26)

Version: 0.0.3 (Last updated: 2018-10-01)

Creation date: 2018-09-30

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 6.95K

Email: om*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 30879 ▲ 452

Other rankings

#26159 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 44

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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Block autoplay in videos. No options.

User reviews

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Pros

Blocks autoplay for many sites
Works well for YouTube and Facebook
Helps save bandwidth for users with data caps
Simple and effective
Effective for some newspaper sites

Cons

Does not work for all websites
May cause stuttering on certain sites like Twitter
Not effective for all video ads
May not work consistently, especially after page refresh

Most mentioned

Works for YouTube
Blocks autoplay for newspaper sites
May cause stuttering on Twitter
Does not work for all websites
Effective for Facebook

Recent reviews

Finally! This is the sixth one I've tried and it's been the only one that works. For reference, I'm using Chrome Version 126.0.6478.127 on a Windows 11 run bespoke PC.

skitzafritz jones, 2024-07-07

Given this extension hasn't been updated and is still basically an alpha version, it works really well to stop videos autoplaying. Its biggest problem is that on X (fka Twitter) it makes those videos stutter badly when you do try to play them. I have to turn off YAAB for X videos. Works fine in Arc for macOS.