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> replaces hostile video players like the one on YouTube (which injects JS to close itself if you attempt to use picture-in-picture) with a native HTML5 video element.

StopTheMadness also does this. ;-)



I’m guessing a side effect will be that SponsorBlock doesn't work anymore with this enabled?


I think it would still work, though I can't say for sure. In any case, it may become superfluous: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35085475

It should be noted that while the effects are similar on YouTube, StopTheMadness and Vinegar operate in significantly different ways.


Does it include a quality picker? Vinegar does more than just put a <video> tag in


Yes, check out the link above. Auto-select YouTube highest video quality, show video controls for all sites (not just YouTube), stop autoplaying videos for all sites (which also skips YouTube ads), etc.




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