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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by ubercow13 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:11AM (#19084937)
This is about disabling silent videos autoplaying. Firefox is already disabling videos with audio autoplaying. I am not sure how silent videos could be much more embarrassing or disturbing to people on public transport or your co-workers than an inappropriate image, and I do not agree that they are idiotic or anti-social.
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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by chimprich on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:32AM (#19085553)
From the title of the article: "Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video and audio". Emphasis mine.
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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by detaro on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:35AM (#19085569)
The subthread we are commenting is about all autoplay, starting with a commenter saying the audio-only ban was not enough, and then being told that silent autoplay can also be turned off, but many users probably want it.

> Muted autoplay is still allowed. WTH Mozilla. Just stop. Stop the stupid auto-playing video. Nobody wants it.

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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by chimprich on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:54AM (#19086421)
Apologies. My comments were intended to be about autoplaying audio.
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