I dislike nearly everything about the recent vertical video format/medium that's taken over the internet since ~2018 or so. Is there an extension that globally blocks it across twitter/tumblr/youtube/anywhere embedded? Feels like it'd be pretty trivial to code if not, and I know there's a few other old web farts who would gladly use such an extension.
I'm probably much older than you and I don't mind, and in fact, I regularly watch vertical videos. They don't bother me.<p>But here is some sloppy code you could create a basic browser extension and shove in content.js:<p><pre><code> function hideVerticalVideos() {
const videos = document.querySelectorAll('video');
videos.forEach(video => {
if (video.videoHeight > video.videoWidth) {
video.style.display = 'none';
}
});
}
// Run hideVerticalVideos() when the page loads
window.addEventListener('load', hideVerticalVideos);
// Run when the DOM updates
const observer = new MutationObserver(hideVerticalVideos);
observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });</code></pre>
I need a browser extension to block video autoplay because no browser setting seems to work consistently.<p>Safari in particular has never worked, but I've had bad luck with Chrome and Firefox as well.
On youtube you can block the section with shorts in them with ublock (rclick > block element), this was good enough for my use. I don't know about other sites.
I dislike vertical video also. Last I checked, phones can rotate 90 degrees to play landscape video.<p>On a related note, is there a browser that can completely block auto-playing video with a setting that actually works?<p>I find it depressing that web developers seem willing to do anything to ignore user preferences, especially when intrusive advertising is involved.