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How to Disable Video Autoplay in Chrome and Firefox
Make Tech Easier ^ | Nov 3, 2018 | Robert Zak

Posted on 08/20/2019 6:47:42 AM PDT by McGruff

One of the annoying things correlating with an ever-faster Internet is an increase in the number of websites that deem it okay to autoplay videos (often with sound!) as soon as you land on their homepage. Sometimes the videos quietly tick away in the corner of the screen, other times they’re obnoxiously in your face, but the point is you should be able to control whether you see them or not. Both Chrome and Firefox are pretty liberal with their autoplay policies by default, so you may need to do a little tweaking to disable them.

We’ll show you how in the following guide.

(Excerpt) Read more at maketecheasier.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: browser; firefox; videoautoplay; websitevideos
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To: McGruff

Your link didn’t like my ad-blocker. :-)

and no—I will not let them show me ads!


21 posted on 08/20/2019 10:58:59 AM PDT by cgbg (Democracy dies in darkness when Bezos bans books.)
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To: McGruff

Thank you.


22 posted on 08/20/2019 12:17:09 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: myself

Evening bump for those who hadn’t seen this.


23 posted on 08/20/2019 5:43:31 PM PDT by McGruff (If you hate our Country, or if you are not happy here, you can leave!)
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