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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by joe_the_user on Monday February 04, 2019 @01:44PM (#19079295)
I disable autoplay and it usually works. I close the windows where it doesn't work and that works for the remaining cases.

I think the sites trying to do end-runs are generally low-quality and it will be relatively easy to ignore them. Sites like the Atlantic, The New Yorker, and etc don't do end-runs and so disabling makes my experience sooo much better.

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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by rhizome on Monday February 04, 2019 @01:49PM (#19079349)
There's a massive middle in there of HuffPost, Forbes, and their ilk (each is probably an arm of a content marketing villain such as Demand Media or similar) who will autoplay for you all day long if you want. Maybe even on every story.
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