Video Autoplay Blocker by Robert Sulkowski
Prevents from autoplay the HTML5 <video> tag.
What is Video Autoplay Blocker by Robert Sulkowski?
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Summary
You can disable Flash, but you cannot disable the HTML5 native
It was very annoying for me when I browsed the web and suddenly some video started to play music or showing an advertisement and I've had to kill the browser's tab or lower the speakers' volume. That's why I've created this extension.
Now any video won't start playing until I click the red agreement button.
Chrome is about to block the Flash Player so the Flash ads won't be a problem in a few weeks. But the ads companies will move their ads to the native HTML5 and will use the
The youtube.com and vimeo.com domains are on the whitelist so videos work normally there.
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Blocks autoplay on certain websites
- Stops unwanted videos from playing automatically
- Effective on some video platforms
Cons
- Does not work on all websites or video platforms
- No option to whitelist websites
- Issues with playing videos after blocking autoplay
Most mentioned
- Doesn't work on YouTube
- No whitelist option
- Not effective on all websites
- Issues with playing videos after blocking autoplay
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Safety
Risk impact
Video Autoplay Blocker by Robert Sulkowski is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Video Autoplay Blocker by Robert Sulkowski has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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