Use uBlock to remove that element. Dont know if it will save data.
uBlock is removed from Chrome store
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Chrome does not have any way to stop video auto play?
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Re: Chrome does not have any way to stop video auto play?
#42Firefox blocks auto playing videos with sound by default. And you can also configure it to block all autoplay or or allow it globally, or per-website. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/block-autoplay has some more additional information in particular about the media.autoplay.blocking_policy pref which allows restoring the older behavior of the play intent not being sticky.
Re: Chrome does not have any way to stop video auto play?
#43I find this behavior quite annoying. I would like to be able to block auto play by default across the entire Internet. I have to imagine this is simply a way to allow Google’s ad networks to play annoying ads.
> I would like to be able to block auto play by default across the entire Internet
No problem, just use a different browser.
Re: Chrome does not have any way to stop video auto play?
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have said it before and I will say it again, it makes zero sense to browse the internet with a piece of software written by an advertising company.
To think, they have advocated over the years to keep adding to the specs to the point that they’ve become so complex that even Microsoft, the king of this rube goldberg type shit, threw in the towel and said eff it, we’ll just use Chromium. We should write an app browser with sensible layout and a qemu virtual machine backend. Pay the 5% hit to run actually performant native code that’s 100% sandboxed. Couldn’t be an…
> so complex that even Microsoft, the king of this rube goldberg type shit, threw in the towel and said eff it, we’ll just use Chromium
I believe the core reason to be different: Microsoft lost the will to compete.
You can say any number of negative things about Steve Ballmer, but at least the guy tried. He tried. He may fail, but he would try, again and again, no matter how many time he would experience losses.
When he got replaced by a bean counter Microsoft stopped trying. It isn't just browser engines they've abandoned. There is no Windows Phone anymore. Windows 11 is worse on tablets than 10. Closing down their Apple Music competitor (Groove) etc.
Recently, they've been arguing for less exclusivity on gaming consoles and releasing their games on Playstation.
If we anthropomorphized corporations, modern Microsoft is the thin skinned loser who will fold at the slightest provocation.
Re: Chrome does not have any way to stop video auto play?
#45There's no reason to use Chrome today. Maybe there was a reason to use it many many years ago. With plenty of options today the sane choice is to select another browser. I run Firefox even on my phone. If for some reason I need a Chrome based browser, on my phone I switch to Brave, on the desktop to Chromium. But I rarely open any of those at all as Firefox has been doing extremely well.
Re: Chrome does not have any way to stop video auto play?
#46I made a small ViolentMonkey script to stop autoplay on Youtube, which is really annoying // ==UserScript== // @name YouTube video page AutoPause // @namespace https://greasyfork.org/en/users/13981-chk1 // @description Automatically pause YouTube videos on Youtube video pages // @icon https://www.youtube.com/s/desktop/536ed9a8/img/favicon_96x96.png // @include https://*.youtube.com/watch* // @include http://*.youtube…
Good work and fantastic commenting!
Re: Chrome does not have any way to stop video auto play?
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
The YouTube video page comes to mind e.g https://youtu.be/8aIyHl5qP9I It would me great if the user had the option to press play to start the video.
wut? You go to a YouTube video url to watch the video.
I only read the comments usually, if the comments are good, maybe I'll watch the video.
Re: Chrome does not have any way to stop video auto play?
#48Firefox blocks auto playing videos with sound by default. And you can also configure it to block all autoplay or or allow it globally, or per-website. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay
The Brave browser also has a setting in “Privacy and Security” -> “Site and shields settings” -> “Additional permissions” -> “Autoplay”
You can block globally or per website.
Re: Chrome does not have any way to stop video auto play?
#49Chrome is not there to serve you. It is to serve Google.
I have said it before and I will say it again, it makes zero sense to browse the internet with a piece of software written by an advertising company.
I use it because most of my clients use it. Chrome still has a market share of 66%.
Re: Chrome does not have any way to stop video auto play?
#50Chrome is not there to serve you. It is to serve Google.
So we should be using other browsers (Brave, LibreWolf, Vivaldi, Firefox, even Opera might be better overall)
Of those, afaik Firefox is the only one not based on Chromium.
"But but Brave..." Yea they have their own crap on top, but it's still the Chromium rendering engine.