Autoplay Video Complaints

Users express frustration with autoplay videos on websites, particularly those with sound, and share methods to disable autoplay in browsers like Chrome and Firefox.

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FF IMO HTML5 PC www.cnn EDIT index.html IIRC autoplay videos video disable auto browser chrome play playing option

Sample Comments

bb88 Feb 21, 2018 View on HN

Yet again, another site with autoplay video.

TedDoesntTalk Mar 19, 2023 View on HN

I want no auto-play video regardless of format. Am I really in the minority?

crystaln May 7, 2018 View on HN

The best way to improve autoplay is to disable it.chrome://flags/#autoplay-policy

imron Aug 8, 2018 View on HN

There should be an option or plugin for whatever browser you use to disable auto-play videos.

seanhunter Oct 12, 2021 View on HN

Set your browser to not autoplay videos if you don't like them. THen you never have to see them.

SAI_Peregrinus Dec 8, 2017 View on HN

Also a good reason to disable autoplay in your browser.

m6w6 Feb 5, 2016 View on HN

This site immediately lost me because of autoplaying videos... :-/

coolandsmartrr Dec 6, 2021 View on HN

How about you disable autoplay? Firefox does this.

beastman82 Mar 10, 2020 View on HN

Autoplay video with sound, no thanks

vhcr Jan 17, 2023 View on HN

You can turn off autoplay in your browser.