Mute audio makes Netflix subtitles disappear on Mac (Chrome) #739
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🐛 Description
When using Advanced Profanity Filter on Netflix in Chrome on macOS, turning on "Mute audio" makes all subtitles disappear. If I turn "Mute audio" off, subtitles work again and the words are filtered correctly.
🔀 Steps To Reproduce
. Open Chrome on macOS.
2. Go to Netflix, start any show or movie.
3. Turn on subtitles (for example: English).
4. Enable Advanced Profanity Filter.
5. In APF settings, turn ON "Mute audio" (filter mode set to Substitute/Censor).
6. Play the video until a filtered word should appear.
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Expected behavior
- Subtitles stay visible.
- Bad words are muted and/or replaced with **** in the subtitles.
Actual behavior* - As soon as "Mute audio" is enabled, subtitles stop showing (or disappear when profanity should appear).
- Turning "Mute audio" OFF immediately restores subtitles.
My configuration*
- Browser: Chrome (Version 144.0.7559.97 (Official Build) (arm64) on MacBook Air M€ 16 GB macOS Tahoe version 26.2, display: 15,3"
- APF filter mode: Censor.
- Mute audio: ON (this triggers the bug).
- Unmute delay: I tried 1 second and other values; subtitles still disappear with "Mute audio" ON.
- Word list: Mostly default words, only a few custom words added.
Additional notes
- If I leave "Mute audio" OFF, APF works great with Netflix: subtitles show normally and bad words are replaced.
- The problem only happens when "Mute audio" is checked.
- I would like to be able to use Netflix with both working subtitles and audio muting for profanity.