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Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
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On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 21:01:54 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

Win 11 Home 25H2... Ffox 145.0.2... YouTube's player comes up
indicating "Autoplay is on" but content is blocked by my config
settings. That's without signing in.
Not being a regular YT user, I have no intention of logging into
Googly to change/test their setting. It'd prolly be ignored anyway as
I kill cookies on closing Firefox.
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On 29.11.2025 22:01, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

huh? I don't see any autoplay setting in the player (not logged in)

ciao..

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I do occasionally hear (rather than see) things playing, particularly on a channel home page. It could be that YouTube has found a way to get Firefox
to interpret the most innocuous user actions as a cue to start playback.
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:34:17 +0100, Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> wrote:

On 29.11.2025 22:01, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

huh? I don't see any autoplay setting in the player (not logged in)

ciao..

Bottom right of the player... L-to-R: first a 'slider' which
identifies itself when hovered over (then CC for
sub-titles/Settings/Theatre mode/Full screen prompts).
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On 2025-11-29 22:01, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

Not happening to me, in any of my various machines (some with google
login, some without), except on my kitchen TV.

The TV works differently. I choose the youtube app in the tv; then I
choose some video on the phone, and tap "cast" to send it to the TV set.
When that video ends, it starts another a few seconds later, and I have
not seen yet a button to disable this. FFx is not involved in this case.
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On 30.11.2025 02:19, Nobody wrote:

On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:34:17 +0100, Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> wrote:

On 29.11.2025 22:01, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10 >>> Pro. PC.

huh? I don't see any autoplay setting in the player (not logged in)

ciao..

Bottom right of the player... L-to-R: first a 'slider' which
identifies itself when hovered over (then CC for
sub-titles/Settings/Theatre mode/Full screen prompts).

ah ok.. the autoplay switch appears only after 10 secs.
and yes it still autoplays when turned off.

ciao..

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Nobody <jock@soccer.com> wrote:

On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 21:01:54 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player >shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10 >Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

Win 11 Home 25H2... Ffox 145.0.2... YouTube's player comes up
indicating "Autoplay is on" but content is blocked by my config
settings. That's without signing in.

Which settings? I use the defaults.

Not being a regular YT user, I have no intention of logging into
Googly to change/test their setting. It'd prolly be ignored anyway as
I kill cookies on closing Firefox.

I am not logged in too.
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Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

Example: https://prnt.sc/MyKW-4EJhRKh ... It autoplays by itself even autoplay is off!
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Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> wrote:

On 30.11.2025 02:19, Nobody wrote:

On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:34:17 +0100, Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> wrote:

On 29.11.2025 22:01, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player >>> shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10 >>> Pro. PC.

huh? I don't see any autoplay setting in the player (not logged in)

ciao..

Bottom right of the player... L-to-R: first a 'slider' which
identifies itself when hovered over (then CC for sub-titles/Settings/Theatre mode/Full screen prompts).

ah ok.. the autoplay switch appears only after 10 secs.
and yes it still autoplays when turned off.

ciao..

Ugh, so not just me. Annoying!
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Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-11-29 22:01, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10 Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

Not happening to me, in any of my various machines (some with google
login, some without), except on my kitchen TV.

The TV works differently. I choose the youtube app in the tv; then I
choose some video on the phone, and tap "cast" to send it to the TV set. When that video ends, it starts another a few seconds later, and I have
not seen yet a button to disable this. FFx is not involved in this case.

Hmm, I wonder why mine is autoplaying even if it is off. :/
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Clearing my caches, cookies, etc. didn't help too. :(


Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

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Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

NO YT sites auto start for me (Firefox 115.30.0esr).
NO YT sites auto start for me (SM 2.53.22).
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On 30/11/2025 5:01 am, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

In about:cofnig, search for "autoplay". make sure that:

media.autoplay.block-event.enabled = true
media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2
media.autoplay.default = 5
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On 2025-11-30 03:26, Ant wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

Example: https://prnt.sc/MyKW-4EJhRKh ... It autoplays by itself even autoplay is off!

That's a photo. There is no link to youtube to click and try. I'm not
going to type it...
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On 30.11.2025 14:49, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

On 30/11/2025 5:01 am, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

In about:cofnig, search for "autoplay". make sure that:

media.autoplay.block-event.enabled = true
media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2
media.autoplay.default = 5

Cool! That works now. All settings had different values.

Are you sure the autoplay switch in the player means
the same as in the broswer settings? A few years ago
that switch was on the right top above the suggested
videos. It was meant to stop playing the next video
or playlist item automatically.

ciao..

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On 30/11/2025 10:19 pm, Schugo wrote:

Are you sure the autoplay switch in the player means
the same as in the broswer settings? A few years ago
that switch was on the right top above the suggested
videos. It was meant to stop playing the next video
or playlist item automatically.

I barely noticed that YouTube changed the controls and their positions recently. I dunno. Those about:config autoplay settings are older. :)
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On 29.11.2025 22:01, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

OK, I tried it again.
The autoplay switch in the player prevents playing the
next suggested video, not autoplay on pageload.

What works is Mr. Man-wai Chang's solution:

media.autoplay.block-event.enabled = true
media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2
media.autoplay.default = 5

Also strange: the autoplay switch doesn't appear
in music playlists and always loads the next song
and also autoplays after pageload. (with above settings)

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On 30/11/2025 10:48 pm, Schugo wrote:

Also strange: the autoplay switch doesn't appear
in music playlists and always loads the next song
and also autoplays after pageload. (with above settings)

Both Firefox and YouTube changed in terms of autoplay in recent years.
Maybe we need new switches.

Click the gear symbol in YouTube's videos.... maybe related.
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Ant wrote:

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off?

Do you mean automatically starting the video when you click on a youtube
URL, or auto playing the next video after the previous one has ended?

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On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:49:15 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

On 30/11/2025 5:01 am, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

In about:cofnig, search for "autoplay". make sure that:

media.autoplay.block-event.enabled = true
media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2
media.autoplay.default = 5

Yes, those are the longstanding changes I've used.
Also: media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages
Set that to false
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 02:23:27 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

Nobody <jock@soccer.com> wrote:

On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 21:01:54 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

Win 11 Home 25H2... Ffox 145.0.2... YouTube's player comes up
indicating "Autoplay is on" but content is blocked by my config
settings. That's without signing in.

Which settings? I use the defaults.

Mr. Man-wai Chang has already come through with most of the suggested
changes from over the years but I also have a fourth set to false: media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages
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On 2025-11-30 15:19, Schugo wrote:

On 30.11.2025 14:49, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

On 30/11/2025 5:01 am, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

In about:cofnig, search for "autoplay". make sure that:

media.autoplay.block-event.enabled = true
media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2
media.autoplay.default = 5

Cool! That works now. All settings had different values.

Are you sure the autoplay switch in the player means
the same as in the broswer settings? A few years ago
that switch was on the right top above the suggested
videos. It was meant to stop playing the next video
or playlist item automatically.

Yes, that is what I recall.

The FFx settings are different, they are to block the start of autoplay.
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Nobody <jock@soccer.com> wrote:

Which settings? I use the defaults.

Mr. Man-wai Chang has already come through with most of the suggested
changes from over the years but I also have a fourth set to false:

Do you have the rest?

media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages

That didn't work for me by itself. :(
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Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-11-30 03:26, Ant wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

Example: https://prnt.sc/MyKW-4EJhRKh ... It autoplays by itself even autoplay is off!

That's a photo. There is no link to youtube to click and try. I'm not
going to type it...

Just go to any random videos on YouTube like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtNZSblJYoE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gubCpratOuo, etc.
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Paul in Houston TX <Paul@houston.texas> wrote:

Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10 Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

NO YT sites auto start for me (Firefox 115.30.0esr).

What about in v145.0.2?

NO YT sites auto start for me (SM 2.53.22).

Yeah, mine doesn't autostart in old SM too.
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Mr. Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

On 30/11/2025 5:01 am, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10 Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

In about:cofnig, search for "autoplay". make sure that:

media.autoplay.block-event.enabled = true
media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2
media.autoplay.default = 5

Perfect and thanks!!!! This seems to work. Mozilla should make these by defaults.
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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

Ant wrote:

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player shows autoplay off?

Do you mean automatically starting the video when you click on a youtube URL, or auto playing the next video after the previous one has ended?

URL.
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Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:

Nobody <jock@soccer.com> wrote:

Which settings? I use the defaults.

Mr. Man-wai Chang has already come through with most of the suggested changes from over the years but I also have a fourth set to false:

Do you have the rest?

Nevermind. I missed the other posts. :)

media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages

That didn't work for me by itself. :(

Thanks!
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On 1/12/2025 12:21 am, Nobody wrote:

Yes, those are the longstanding changes I've used.

Also: media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages

Set that to false

Not using this one. So far, it's fine for me.

Mozilla Firefox and a bit better Privacy - Stop Firefox Video Autoplay <https://sites.google.com/view/a-bit-better-privacy/stop-firefox-video-autoplay>
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On 2025-12-01 03:21, Ant wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-11-30 03:26, Ant wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player >>>> shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10 >>>> Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

Example: https://prnt.sc/MyKW-4EJhRKh ... It autoplays by itself even autoplay is off!

That's a photo. There is no link to youtube to click and try. I'm not
going to type it...

Just go to any random videos on YouTube like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtNZSblJYoE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gubCpratOuo, etc.

None auto starts here.
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On 2025-12-01 03:27, Ant wrote:

Mr. Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

On 30/11/2025 5:01 am, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

In about:cofnig, search for "autoplay". make sure that:

media.autoplay.block-event.enabled = true
media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2
media.autoplay.default = 5

Perfect and thanks!!!! This seems to work. Mozilla should make these by defaults.

I have:

media.autoplay.block-event.enabled = false (default)
media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 0 (default)
media.autoplay.default = 5

and youtube videos do not autoplay.
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On Mon, 1 Dec 2025 17:51:22 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

On 1/12/2025 12:21 am, Nobody wrote:

Yes, those are the longstanding changes I've used.

Also: media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages

Set that to false

Not using this one. So far, it's fine for me.

Though it is listed in the suggestions from the link below which you
found.

Mozilla Firefox and a bit better Privacy - Stop Firefox Video Autoplay ><https://sites.google.com/view/a-bit-better-privacy/stop-firefox-video-autoplay>

Interestingly, that list misses one other which both of us have: media.autoplay.blocking_policy
And set the value to 2.
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On 30.11.2025 14:49, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

On 30/11/2025 5:01 am, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

In about:cofnig, search for "autoplay". make sure that:

media.autoplay.block-event.enabled = true
media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2
media.autoplay.default = 5

I tried just out of couriosity reddit.com.

(I don't normally browse this website, cuz it's full
of memes and AI shit)

reddit still autoplays videos o_O
also discord

all this autoplay blocking by chrome/firefox
is only a lame shitshow... which gave webdevelopers
using it legally a big pain in the ass.

nice try

ciao..
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On 01.12.2025 18:35, Schugo wrote:

On 30.11.2025 14:49, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

On 30/11/2025 5:01 am, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

In about:cofnig, search for "autoplay". make sure that:

media.autoplay.block-event.enabled = true
media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2
media.autoplay.default = 5

I tried just out of couriosity reddit.com.

the correct setting is:

media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 1

also blocks reddit autoplay (and youtube)..

why the fuck can't this be the default?

ciao..

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On Mon, 1 Dec 2025 18:35:27 +0100, Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> wrote:

On 30.11.2025 14:49, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

On 30/11/2025 5:01 am, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player
shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10
Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

In about:cofnig, search for "autoplay". make sure that:

media.autoplay.block-event.enabled = true
media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2
media.autoplay.default = 5

I tried just out of curiosity reddit.com.

(I don't normally browse this website, cuz it's full
of memes and AI shit)

reddit still autoplays videos

Not for me with the suggested/longstanding config settings, repeating
Ffox 145.0.2/Win 11 Home 25H2.
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On Mon, 1 Dec 2025 19:11:06 +0100, Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> wrote:

On 01.12.2025 18:35, Schugo wrote:

On 30.11.2025 14:49, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

On 30/11/2025 5:01 am, Ant wrote:

Hello,

Is it me or is YouTube.com's videos autoplaying even though its player >>>> shows autoplay off? I'm using Firefox v145.0.2 in my updated 64-bit W10 >>>> Pro. PC.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

In about:cofnig, search for "autoplay". make sure that:

media.autoplay.block-event.enabled = true
media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2
media.autoplay.default = 5

I tried just out of couriosity reddit.com.

the correct setting is:

media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 1

As Mr. Man-wai Chang and myself have already posted, the setting from
long go has been a value of 2...
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On 2/12/2025 1:00 am, Nobody wrote:

Interestingly, that list misses one other which both of us have:

media.autoplay.blocking_policy

And set the value to 2.

In another reply, Carlos said it's not important.
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On 2025-12-02 04:13, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

On 2/12/2025 1:00 am, Nobody wrote:

Interestingly, that list misses one other which both of us have:

media.autoplay.blocking_policy

And set the value to 2.

In another reply, Carlos said it's not important.

At least, not with YouTube. There are news media sites that are very
insistent on having their videos download and play. And when you browse
down, a small pop up video window appears. It is a pest on mobile
phones, making us download videos when it is possible that we have to
pay the download. Or we are in a place where silence is required.
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On 2/12/2025 9:15 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:

At least, not with YouTube. There are news media sites that are very insistent on having their videos download and play. And when you browse
down, a small pop up video window appears. It is a pest on mobile
phones, making us download videos when it is possible that we have to
pay the download. Or we are in a place where silence is required.

That's why we remember and kept old hat tricks. :)
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@~@ Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
/ v \ May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
/( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
^ ^ https://github.com/changmw/changmw
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