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Not OP but I read it as "6 tabs" not "6 YouTube tabs."

• lxgr 2y ago
  I sometimes do have several Youtube tabs open to line up things I want to watch next.
  • ethbr1 2y ago
    To this, have you tried running a no-autoplay style extension? (Not exactly this scenario, but lists might be modifiable) I expect YT is probably doing some preloading or heavyweight running in a loaded-but-not-playing tab. Convert that to load-on-click, and you'll likely fix your issue.
    • lxgr 2y ago
      No need – Firefox does that out of the box for tabs opened in the background (I open tabs via middle/command click)! So there is no problem for me.
    • wruza 2y ago
      We’re shifting targets here. The fact is, it doesn’t happen in Chrome for “magical” reasons, according to a comment few levels up. And regular non-tech users won’t debug this with click to play or whatever. We expect that YT does it absolutely intentionally. It bends userbases however it wants due to its multi-dimensional reach, and we’re like “hmm maybe extension would help prevent accidental preloading issue”. I just don’t get it.