I don't want a PLAY MUTE PAUSE not even a CLOSE button. Especially NOT when they have their own internal state for then they choose to appear and disappear.
I don't want to pay attention to them, I don't want to have to look for them, I don't want them getting in my way any more.
If I want to close a tab, I middle click it ! I already have global mute controls, I don't need an extra volume control, I don't have "tabs making unwanted sounds" problem because I have "Go To Sound Tab" addon installed, so I can easily find any tabs that makes sound and mute it correctly, without a extra, unneeded layer of muting (tab muting, versus app muting versus player muting, that is too many muting options, I don't want to use tab muting personnally so I want these buttons out of here !)
I don't want to have to rely on running violentmonkey script engine on top of my already sluggish browser when I barely have 6615 open tabs.
I want to disable the feature at the root, inside firefox, not patch up webpages like dark reader does.
AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh h!!!!!!
If you main frustration is Youtube; I recommend trying Invidious or Piped, as these frontends for Youtube do not have such aggressive scripts; and can be hosted locally on your machine.
Hint: I strongly recommend self-hosting Invidious on your PC using Docker and Podman for ease of use and administration. You can also self-host other privacy oriented front-ends for other sites as well, such as redlib for reddit and any others you can imagine.
Seriously; don't bother with the public instances. They don't work well. Self-host the software on your local PC and use Tailscale if you need to help other devices access your self-hosted instance.
Similarly FreeTube would work as well and pairs nicely if you self-host Invidious locally.
Thanks I'll give that a try, I had been experimenting with youtube download instances such as metube, to varying levels of success