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A uBlock Origin filter blocks TechCrunch autoplay videos by preventing JW Player and Connatix scripts from loading, while cosmetic rules hide the resulting empty player box.
Summarised automatically by AI from the original article by Hacker News. AI can make mistakes, so check the original for details.
Every 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 ad player. Blocking their scripts stops the video from loading at all, and the cosmetic rules hide the empty box it leaves behind.
If TechCrunch switches video vendors, the ## rules will probably keep hiding the box, but you’ll need a new network rule to stop the audio.
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