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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by javajosh on Monday April 10, 2023 @05:45PM (#35517770)
To save another search:

On desktop and mobile devices:

    While playing a video, select the Settings button.
    Locate the Ambient Mode setting in the list of preferences.
    Toggle it to off to disable Ambient Mode for all videos on YouTube (in that browser).
It's in the same popup used for video quality and playback speed.
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by jonesnc on Monday April 10, 2023 @06:37PM (#35518233)
For those who may be wondering, the Settings button referred to here is the gear button in the Youtube video player.
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by 867-5309 on Monday April 10, 2023 @06:42PM (#35518275)
for those unfamiliar with visualising a gear, seek the doughnut with a notched circumference
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by musicale on Monday April 10, 2023 @06:53PM (#35518370)
for those unfamiliar with visualizing a doughnut, imagine a bagel-shaped treat of sweet cake-like dough, deep-fried and frosted, with optional sprinkles
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by wholinator2 on Monday April 10, 2023 @07:01PM (#35518448)
For those unfamiliar with visuals a bagel, imagine a gear shape, smoothed out and without protrusions
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by JohnFen on Monday April 10, 2023 @06:59PM (#35518423)
What's a bagel?
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by 867-5309 on Monday April 10, 2023 @07:02PM (#35518465)
a jewish torus, plural torah
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by 1attice on Monday April 10, 2023 @07:12PM (#35518538)
A bagel is a first-degree pretzel.
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by simondotau on Monday April 10, 2023 @07:27PM (#35518684)
For those people unfamiliar with a pretzel, imagine eating something that is making you thirsty.
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by 1attice on Monday April 10, 2023 @07:49PM (#35518868)
For those of you unfamiliar with eating, it's similar to photosynthesis, but with matter instead of sunlight.
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by cdaven on Monday April 10, 2023 @11:33PM (#35520461)
For those people unfamiliar with this joke, watch the TV show Seinfeld.
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by 1attice on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @12:02AM (#35520667)
For those people unfamiliar with 'TV shows', they are similar to HBO series, but with less interepisodic narrative.
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by jonesnc on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @12:09PM (#35527184)
lmao
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by LegitShady on Monday April 10, 2023 @06:36PM (#35518229)
I dont have that option. firefox on windows 10.
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by duttonw on Monday April 10, 2023 @07:01PM (#35518454)
only shows up when in 'dark mode'.
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by grawlinson on Monday April 10, 2023 @07:16PM (#35518582)
that is some amazingly crap UX. who the hell thought this was a good idea?
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by Retric on Monday April 10, 2023 @07:27PM (#35518674)
Ambient mode is a dark mode specific feature. If you don’t use dark mode then it’s not going to do anything.

Completely hiding it in normal mode isn’t the best choice, but it is somewhat understandable.

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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by LegitShady on Monday April 10, 2023 @08:18PM (#35519084)
this makes sense. I stopped doing per site dark mode and just use the darkreader extension to make everything dark mode, so the option never appears.
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by deafpolygon on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @12:11AM (#35520735)
In dark mode. Don't see it. Windows 11, Edge and Firefox.
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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by MikusR on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @04:09AM (#35522262)
Windows 10 and Firefox. In dark theme. No Ambient mode.
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