On Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:03:50 +0100, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:

I've set site permissions to prevent autoplay of audio and video on
firefox for android, but I still see videos playing on X.com.
Is there an extension which can bring back the about:config ? or stop
videos playing?

"x" dot com looks like social media click-bait (risky test for ublock origin)

(using Tor Browser 14.5.3)
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=x.com

Twitter is officially X.com now - The Verge >https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/17/23829098/twitter-x-com-url-links-switch >The social network formerly known as Twitter has officially switched its URLs >over to X.com. Musk first announced the switch to X in July 2023, and the URL >transition started to happen in mid-August.
...
X.com (bank) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com_(bank)
X.com was an American online bank founded by Ed Ho, Harris Fricker, Elon Musk, >and Christopher Payne in 1999 in Palo Alto, California.It merged with competitor
Confinity in 2000 and the merged company changed its name to PayPal in 2001. >Starting in 2023, the x.com...
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*NOTE: android users can use "ublock origin" in firefox: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ublock+origin+android+firefox

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uBlock Origin - Get this Extension for Firefox Android (en-US) >https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/ublock-origin/
uBlock Origin is not an "ad blocker", it's a wide-spectrum content blocker >with CPU and memory efficiency as a primary feature. Out of the box, uBO blocks
ads, trackers, coin miners, popups, etc. through the following lists of filters,
enabled by default:...
...
uBlock Origin by Raymond Hill
Recommended
Finally, an efficient wide-spectrum content blocker. Easy on CPU and memory. >Add to Firefox >https://addons.mozilla.org/android/downloads/file/4492375/ublock_origin-1.64.0.xpi
To use Android extensions, you'll need Firefox for Android.
To explore Firefox for desktop add-ons, please visit our desktop site.

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(p.s. copy fowarded to <news:comp.mobile.android>)

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