Question Eliminating PiP on web sites.

[RickVS]

More and more websites now are dropping to the lower right of the screen a small video once you start scrolling down a page. This crappy video obscures and sits on top of the text I'm trying to read. I find it very annoying and hampers my user experience, which means I always have to go through the extra step of closing them. I tried toggling off the Picture in Picture toggle in Edge but it made no difference. I use Adblock Plus and Origin to block ads. Still these videos come through. Is there any way that I can prevent these videos from appearing? Thanks.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Far as most of us have been able to figure out? No. I mean, uBlock origin works for a LOT of stuff, but it doesn't stop those because they are coded entirely different and are literally a part of the web page as a function rather than something plugged in automatically for advertisement purposes.

Could be wrong, but far as I can tell anything that stops those types of "move to the corner" video players will also tend to "break" the webpage as well. And by break, I mean, just not work right in one regard or another. But, you can of course just close them by clicking on the usually not easy to see X in one of the corners, and be done for at least one or two sequential link visits.

 

[Aeacus]

Edge is a poor browser (i uninstalled it long ago). So, try with 2nd browser that has better protection against pop-ups, like FireFox (my main browser) or Chrome (my secondary).

If all else fails, NoScript will fix it.
Link: https://noscript.net/

I've been using NoScript on my Firefox for the last 10 years or so.

Note: NoScript is super user level tool and very complex to master! And it WILL break all websites once you install it.
But the idea with NoScript is, that you, yourself, choose to allow which scripts are running on any given website. So, it takes some time in the beginning, to whitelist those scripts that make the sites work more-or-less correctly, while blocking out all other bloatware. But once you've configured to your likening, web browsing is a breeze without those pesky annoyances.

Difficult part of the NoScript is memorizing what each of the script does. So that you can enable those that make the site work, while blocking those that produce pop-ups/ads etc. But for testing, you can temporarily allow scripts one-by-one, or all of them at once at any given site, rather than whitelisting them. Once whitelisted, you can also remove scripts from whitelist, to block them again. Overall, once mastered, very easy to use. But has a very steep learning curve.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I also use Firefox, and while some sites simply don't like it as far as full features go, I still like it better myself. There are reasons, and they have nothing to do with just "not liking" Google or Microshaft. And with it I use uBlock Origin. Seems to work completely fine so long as you keep things up to date and don't visit places you shouldn't be anyhow. And, keep at least a weekly backup of your full OS image using whatever you prefer. Something like Macrium reflect or Acronis true image works for me.

 

[Aeacus]

And with it I use uBlock Origin.

Me as well. And besides uBlock Origin, i also have: HTTPS Everywhere, Decentraleyes, NoScript and MalwareBytes Browser Guard. Latter came with MalwareBytes Premium subscription.