Settings, Accessibility, Motion, switch off Auto-Play preview videos is supposed to do the trick for System Apps (including messages, safari etc).
replyUntested since I run my phone via Wireguard to my home network and block everything there.
I’ve always wondered about this, does it stop downloading the video when it stops playing?
replyMy guess is no.
This is incorrect. The setting does not apply to Safari. It's for App Store, for example.
replyNow tested - you’re right
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