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bocadve
Mar 09, 2021Copper Contributor
Mac Edge - Turn off video auto play
I have seen a couple suggestions to turn off video autoplay, but This does NOT work - posted on other sites Load edge://flags/ in the Microsoft Edge address bar. Search for autoplay. Set t...
HotCakeX
Mar 09, 2021MVP
Hi,
this is an experimental feature that is not fully implemented yet.
you can see in the top feedbacks list that it is planned for March
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/top-feedback-summary-for-march-9/m-p/2196984
this is an experimental feature that is not fully implemented yet.
you can see in the top feedbacks list that it is planned for March
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/top-feedback-summary-for-march-9/m-p/2196984
- bocadveMar 10, 2021Copper Contributor
HotCakeX Well that's great. Sure glad I didnt ask 81 weeks ago and had to wait.
- HotCakeXMar 10, 2021MVPThe flag was there for quite a while, i don't remember exactly but probably a year, it works, but not on all websites, but I've tested it on YouTube and news websites. I think (and i hope) what they are trying to do is to make it work on all websites.
in my opinion, autoplay blocking is not enough if it doesn't block video preloading.
when I set autoplay blocking to block, it stops YouTube videos from playing automatically, but the website still downloads the video in the background, waiting for me to hit the play button.
this consumes unnecessary internet bandwidth.