Some notes on Firefox's media autoplay settings in practice as of Firefox 124

Re:Some notes on Firefox's media autoplay settings in practi... by palmfacehn on Saturday March 30, 2024 @10:59AM (#39875490)

Send a HEAD request. If the file size is over the threshold, don't load it without user consent.

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Re:Some notes on Firefox's media autoplay settings in practi... by cqqxo4zV46cp on Saturday March 30, 2024 @01:21PM (#39876706)

A perfect idea for the people who almost certainly aren’t using “cheaper hardware devices”.

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Re:Some notes on Firefox's media autoplay settings in practi... by mariusor on Saturday March 30, 2024 @05:00PM (#39878614)

I wonder why nobody introduced a "Accept-Max-Size" request header?

Chrome is toying with custom accept header[1] types but they're used by servers to request information from clients, which is completely missing the point in my opinion.

[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Content_ne...

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Re:Some notes on Firefox's media autoplay settings in practi... by contravariant on Saturday March 30, 2024 @09:58PM (#39880645)

Pretty sure this is part of uBlocks standard features.

Honestly it's getting a bit too noticeable how a full-featured adblocker is converging on just a way to let the user take back control over the user agent.

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