They are one of the most infuriating things for me. But I curious to know why is this a popular pattern in websites. Do people actually stop whatever they were planning to do and watch the video ?

I’ve blocked them on all my devices. But once in a while I see them when I use someone else’s devices and I wonder.

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    3 months ago

    I do, and then I forgot why I was on that website to begin with. Takes me forever to get my bearings back. I hate it.

    I see people saying that ublock can get rid of those. If someone can share how, that would be awesome. My ublock only blocks ads.

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      3 months ago

      Right click on the video under ublock select block element. A popup will show up in the bottom right where you can fine tune. If the video has a custom right click menu just do it anywhere else and in the fine tune options click select element then the video. Also make sure you use uBlock Origin.