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Firefox doesn't block autoplay

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richard.johnson1

Despite setting Settings>permissions>autoplay to block, I still get annoying videos playing automatically.

Despite setting Settings>permissions>autoplay to block, I still get annoying videos playing automatically.

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Hello

Allow or block media autoplay in Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay

1 - Go to configuration editor https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox 2 - Enter a search term autoplay

media.autoplay.default 1 this correspond to the situation Block Audio media.autoplay.default 5 this correspond to the situation Block Audio and Video media.autoplay.default 0 this correspond to the situation Allow Audio and Video

About, media.autoplay.blocking_policy, you can test 2

Double-click on the preference media.autoplay.blocking_policy enter a new value 2 click the Save button to save the change

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