Background videos

[starhugger]

Lately I'm seeing some sites running videos in the background of a page. I guess it's supposed to look cool but to me it is just extremely annoying. There doesn't seem to be any way to change it or stop it. I'm not sure what the platform is; Flashblock doesn't seem to stop it no matter what I do. Here is an example page:

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https://www.bose.ca/en_ca/products/featured/qc35.html

I can't read the text on a page while there is animation, which is why I use AdBlockPlus. This stuff is only going to be used more and more often, I'm sure, so I'm dreading this taking over the Internet.

Could this be added to the list of objects that are blocked using AdBlockPlus? It's not technically an ad, but it's obviously a promotional strategy designed to mesmerize its audience and hold their attention.

[mapx]

try this filter

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||cloudfront.net$script,domain=bose.ca

[starhugger]

Thanks mapx, that worked. But it doesn't solve the overall problem of this kind of promotional strategy being used more and more. Where can this be requested as a standard added feature to AdBlockPlus?

Thanks.

[mapx]

There is no chance to automatically get all these annoyances (could be very different implementation).
Just report the pages / sites and someone will find the right filter.

[lewisje]

Flashblock doesn't seem to stop it

With the advent of the video tag in HTML5, FlashBlock and other plugin-blocking solutions will not stop all videos; in fact, it's surprisingly difficult to keep videos from autoplaying.

[starhugger]

Sigh.....

Thanks mapx and lewisje. It gets harder to stay on top of these new fangled things.