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Unrelated, but can we please get web browsers to enable users to totally turn off all auto play video and video encoding? I hate websites like this where you d
by bioemerl 4y ago
Unrelated, but can we please get web browsers to enable users to totally turn off all auto play video and video encoding?
I hate websites like this where you deal with a minefield of video areas that might start playing audio at the smallest tap and drain your bandwidth for content you have zero desire to watch.
- go_elmo 4y agoIm autistic and have the same Problem. I use chrome extensions which work fine
- wbobeirne 4y agoMany browsers have settings built in for this, and those that don't natively definitely have browser extensions for doing this.
- bioemerl 4y agoI'm not sure chrome mobile has either. Yep, Google removed the setting to disable it in version 80 for Android.
- kaladin_1 4y agoI guess my ad blocker or some configuration protected me from it. I didn't encounter a single auto-play video or audio.
- dmm 4y agoFirefox can block audio/video autoplay. You can set a default and have per-site exemptions: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay
- KaiserPro 4y agoMy firefox seems to not play it by default.
- chankstein38 4y agoOr news sites that play some annoying caster talking about it while you're trying to read and it follows you down the page. I'm here for an article not someone reading it to me.