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Interesting. I can tell Safari to not autoplay videos on YouTube in its preferences, but that doesn't seem to do anything. Seems more like a bug on Safari's par
by Gaelan 7y ago
Interesting. I can tell Safari to not autoplay videos on YouTube in its preferences, but that doesn't seem to do anything. Seems more like a bug on Safari's part and/or workaround on Google's part than anything deliberate.
- dzhiurgis 7y agoYou mean Safari team accidentally forgot to test a video feature on a largest video website?
- TheKarateKid 7y agoSafari uses some sort of algorithm to determine whether you actually want the autoplay to happen. For example I've noticed that if you play a video on a website during that session, it will allow autoplay from scripts on that page (not 3rd party) for the rest of that session. Same for unmuting an autoplaying video. This is all undocumented though and through personal observations, as Apple seemed to stop posting Safari documentation years ago.