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That’s the hammer approach :)

I only want to disable it (temporarily) when watching a 4K video. Before anyone says ‘you can’t tell the difference between 1080p and 4K”…. Well I use the Pro Display XDR, and the difference is substantial.
Just turn off the extension in safari extensions when you don’t want to use it. Hopefully they add a pause button soon
 
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