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No. The Autoplay chrome flag was added but then removed/scrapped sometime in early 2019. You can only stop autoplay videos by using extensions now. The only ext
by degenerate 7y ago
No. The Autoplay chrome flag was added but then removed/scrapped sometime in early 2019. You can only stop autoplay videos by using extensions now. The only extension that is actively maintained (and actually works) is called "AutoplayStopper" https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoplaystopper/ejddcgojdblidajhngkogefpkknnebdh?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoplaystopper/ej...
- Ajedi32 7y agoThere's no flag; it's on by default. Do you have a link to an article talking about the autoplay policy being reverted?
- degenerate 7y agoNo, I am speaking by my own use of Chrome only. Go to YouTube or any large news site, and the videos still autoplay, regardless of whatever chrome settings/flags are now supposedly default.
- jmedley 7y agoThat's not actually what's going on. You can find an explanation here: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/11/web-audio-autoplay#how-the-mei-works https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/11/web-audio-...