In 20min.ch articles Zen Browser downloads m3u8 playlists for unknown reasons

[strajk-]

Preliminary Checks

• I have read and understood the important section above.
• I have searched existing issues and avoided creating duplicates.
• I am not filing an enhancement request.
• I have checked that this issue cannot be reproduced on Mozilla Firefox.
• I have checked that this issue can be reproduced once I removed all my Mods and Custom CSS.

What happened?

If you open the following article from 20min, and you scroll down to the bottom of the page where "Weitere Artikel" is to be found, Zen Browser starts randomly download m3u8 playlist files as the page starts loading those other articles.

This does not happen on Firefox, attached the HAR output of the generated download request.

www.20min.ch_videos_uv10919029t_playlist.m3u8_Archive [25-07-24 13-25-16].json

Expected behavior

No download of any playlist file as it wasn't requested

Actual behavior

Downloads a playlist file

Steps to reproduce

1. Navigate to https://www.20min.ch/story/wallis-sieben-stauseen-sind-durch-felsstuerze-gefaehrdet-103387459 or any other 20min.ch article
2. Scroll to bottom where the section "Weitere Artikel" shows up
3. As you scroll down further it starts downloading playlist files

Screenshots and videos

output.webm

Version

1.14.4b

What platform are you seeing the problem on?

Windows - x64

What component is this issue related to?

Other

Relevant log output if applicable

[Propheticus]

Can't reproduce. No playlists are downloaded on my end.

[Kayinnasaki]

Can't reproduce. This was probably just a bad ad or live news stream that they were trying to push based on whatever tracking data you had in one browser and not the other.