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Great Safari Extension
This app provides controls to Safari that are available with non-iOS browsers. I highly recommend it.
(Apple neuters all other browsers in the Apple App Store. Can't wait for the EU to force Apple to allow access to other app stores.)TrojanWildcat
Finally stop video auto play!
This extension is worth every single penny because it is the only method I’ve found that actually stops websites from auto-playing videos. I realize a lot of people like watching videos all day long and want them autoplaying. I am not one of those people.
I’m sure this extension has other useful features that I’ll eventually discover, but finally stopping auto play was the primary reason I was willing to spend money.
Very satisfied.Show lessChuckieMac
Must buy!
This is a must buy. Incredible support, works great, and makes the internet more enjoyable. Best of all, no subscription!!Eradik
Finally! This stops auto play videos!
I watch YouTube on pip or in background and half the sites pause YT for their auto play vids. Hate it!
This appears to stop them. You have to enable the extension in Settings…AND then click on the puzzle button in Safari’s search bar and click “Allow Stop the Madness”.
Then scroll down and enable “Stop Autoplay”. It’s not enabled automatically, ironic...Show lessCcreates4u
Just Awesome
This works great. Well worth it.JSmith1791
Mostly invisible, but with noticeable performance improvements
I would very much consider myself a power-user of Safari. I shudder when yet another website suggests I download their app (who doesn’t have enough apps?). When I check battery usage, Safari is high and by far my #1 culprit, previously taking up 60-70% of my phone’s 10-day battery usage.
That said, while most of the privacy enhancements of this app work invisibly in the background, one thing I’ve noticed as a major
Safari user is increased battery life. Not a whole lot, but I feel like my phone’s battery stretches another 5-10% a day. Safari drains way less of my weekly battery life now and is down to around 40-50% of total battery use over the past 10 days.
It’s a small price to pay to make your browsing experience much more efficient. By blocking invisible trackers and cutting out needless JavaScript, you considerably streamline the performance of your browser and that has left me one happy customer.Show lessMarek
Is it working?
Honestly can’t tell what it’s doing for me. I purchased on a whim and now keep trying to find the benefit. Maybe it’s obscured by my existing ad blocker. A better UI would help too. Whenever I change options , I can’t tell if I’m changing global settings or a specific site’s settings.
3 stars until features are better observed.Show lessApp Crackle Pop
Developer Response
There's a support link in the extension popup with a lot more information. Many StopTheMadness features operate silently in the background, so you'll never observe them. For example, some web sites prevent paste. Will you ever observe StopTheMadness helping you with that? No, because paste should "just work" with StopTheMadness installed. But if you've already encountered sites that prevent paste, you know you need it. So if you purchase on a whim, instead of purchasing on need, it's a bit difficult to show the immediate benefit. You don't typically encounter sites that prevent paste every day, after all. However, there is a test page link on https://underpassapp.com/StopTheMadness/ that can immediately demonstrate some examples of "madness" on the web. Some StopTheMadness features can be observed immediately: for example, Stop video autoplay and Show video controls. It's not the simplest extension, but it's very powerful, so I encourage people to read the support page to get full benefit from the features.Stops the auto play videos
Videos still chase me, but at least they’re not autoplaying!horizontalheat
A long overdue program
This app is a long overdue tool against a increasingly and frustratingly more than ever monetized user hostile internetReggae Makossa
Great service
There was a bug that I reported and the developer Jeff got back to me right away and fixed the issue very quickly. Great serviceM. Thomas
