Videos load when someone asks.

An embedded video can set cookies before anyone presses play. Gatelamp swaps it for a placeholder that says what will load, and loads it on a click.

In practice

A blog post with a YouTube video no longer contacts Google on page load. The video starts as soon as a reader clicks it.

Click-to-load design: before the click, the page shows a placeholder in the site’s style and nothing goes to Google. After the click, the video loads from youtube-nocookie.com.

What you get

A placeholder in your style

The thumbnail, a play button and one line that says which company the video comes from.

Privacy-friendly domains

YouTube loads from youtube-nocookie.com, and only after the click.

Remembered per category

Someone who accepts video once doesn’t have to click every placeholder again.

Early access

Switch on early.

Join the waitlist for Gatelamp. We invite people in small groups, and waitlist members get the early price.