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Disable video auto play
Edge had a great feature that let me disable all autoplaying videos and I could whitelist certain sites.
Chrome works differently and tries to guess based on playing with audio or not. I want m...
Absolutely imperative to put this under user control, IMHO.
NEITHER audio nor video should NOT play unless *I* *explicitly* say so.
I don't care if audio is MP3 or ogg or whatever format...it is all noise!
I don't care if video is MP4 or animated GIF or whatever...it is all unwanted distraction!
I REALLY don't care if this breaks the business model of sites.
My eyes/ears. My circumstances...
I don't care if CNN won't like me :-)
Personal preference: say "no autoplay, ever" to 100% of sites but I guess that others would like to whitelist some sites.
NEITHER audio nor video should NOT play unless *I* *explicitly* say so.
I don't care if audio is MP3 or ogg or whatever format...it is all noise!
I don't care if video is MP4 or animated GIF or whatever...it is all unwanted distraction!
I REALLY don't care if this breaks the business model of sites.
My eyes/ears. My circumstances...
I don't care if CNN won't like me :-)
Personal preference: say "no autoplay, ever" to 100% of sites but I guess that others would like to whitelist some sites.
Install Chrome extensions: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/silent-site-sound-blocker/hkbdhiphllimobjnfeeekaogfibmdgfe and https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoplaystopper/ejddcgojdblidajhngkogefpkknnebdh . Works every time (almost). Don't forget https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm.