Yet another autoplay blocker

Pause videos until you click on them.

Yet Another Autoplay Blocker - Control your Video Playback in Chrome

"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

Users: 743

-26

Rating: 3.88

(26)

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

Creation date: 2018-09-30

Size: 6.95K

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

Full description: See detailed description

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# 34,685 ▼ 553

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#24615 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 696

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Effectively blocks autoplay videos on multiple sites like Yahoo, CNN, and some news sites.
Easy to use and simple interface that achieves the goal of stopping autoplay videos.
Allows users to manually play videos when desired, unlike some other blockers.
Works well on various browsers, including Chrome and Brave.
One of the few extensions that consistently works where others have failed.

Cons

Interferes with video playback on certain sites like Twitter, causing videos to stutter.
Does not consistently work on all sites; some users report it works only half the time or not at all on specific sites.
No option to turn off autoplay by default across all sites, requiring repeated manual adjustments.
Fails to block certain video ads and autoplay from specific providers like AnyClip.
Reported issues with functionality, especially after page refreshes or when opening new videos.

Most mentioned

Works well on certain sites while not on others.
Interference with video playback on platforms like Twitter.
Lack of consistent performance, working only half the time for some users.

User 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.

Knots Untied, 2023-11-03

Does not work on Foxnews

Rush Kittle, 2023-09-25

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Yet another autoplay blocker requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

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