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by fafzv 1147 days ago
Interpreting an mp4 file as executable code is not a feature of a media player, not to mention there's no way to disable it. Bad analogy.
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Similarly, browsers don't have a way to disable loading any third party content.
This would increase your fingerprint substantially, which is very bad from a privacy perspective.
TIL AdBlockers and co don't exist.
They have an extension API for that purpose.