Dear Mastomind / Lazywebs: Is it feasible for a Web browser itself to support toggling support of video (or audio) support or codecs absent injecting JS into a page for that purpose?

My hope is that it might be possible to toggle the availability / support of common video codecs (such as: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, HEVC/H.265, VP9, and AV1), so that a browser would simply ignore an video / audio content.

I'm hearing that this is not trivially possible. If that's not the case ... I'd be quite happy.

Boosts / tagging clueful devs appreciated.

#DearLazyWeb #DearMastomind #browsers #video #VideoCodecs #WebAnnoyances

I hope I'm not the only person who finds persistant "open in app" buttons on webpages motherfucking annoying.

Medium, yeah, you, motherfuckers.

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