youtube.com: breakage

[aliakseika]

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URL address of the web page

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8IZT-YjKZw

Category

breakage

Description

Hello, setting of autoplay blocking in YouTube stopped working. Now all videos automatically start playing as soon as I switch to the tab with it. This is incredibly inconvenient and annoying. Please tell me what can be done about it?

Browser name and version

Safary Mac 26.2

Other extensions used

SponsorBlock

Country

No response

Screenshot(s)

Screenshot(s)

Configuration

name: uBlock Origin Lite
version: 2026.125.1931
browser: Safari 26.2 (mac)
filtering:
 default: optimal
permission: all
badge: 18
rulesets:
 easylist
 easyprivacy
 pgl
 rus-0
 ublock-badware
 ublock-filters
scripting:
 ublock-badware.main
 css-specific
 ublock-filters.isolated
 rus-0.main
 ublock-filters.main
 rus-0.isolated
 easyprivacy.main
 css-procedural
 easyprivacy.isolated

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