Firefox allows to Block "Audio and Video" (or "Only Audio") from auto playing per domain, including on Mobile.
replyI would actually love if I could have iOS prompt me to allow certain apps to use the speakers. I hate using an app and suddenly have a video autoplay loudly.
replyI wish Android had this as well. There are apps where it's difficult-to-impossible to turn all sound off, and I wish I could just tell my phone that this app is just never allowed to use the speakers.
replyInside iOS accessibility settings you can turn off “auto-play video previews.” This blocks perhaps 20% of video autoplay; it’s still better than nothing.
replyPhilosophically I hate silent video autoplays just as much as I hate autoplays with audio. One distracts your visual attention, the other distracts your aural attention, and I don’t quite understand why society has normalized silent video autoplay.
This. This needs to be a thing.
replyTo be fair, it shouldn't need to be a thing.
reply(One should really not tolerate such dodgy software).
The ability to play audio can usually be permission gated with tab muting, however the methods aliexpress use bypass that mechanism completely.
replyThis is the part you should be highlighting aggressively. That’s very uncomfortable
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