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how to prevent youtube autoplay when i open in a new tab?

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chrome and opera doesnt auto play the youtube video when i open it in a new tab ( havent switch yet) but firefox autoplays even tho i didnt switch to the new tab pls help

chrome and opera doesnt auto play the youtube video when i open it in a new tab ( havent switch yet) but firefox autoplays even tho i didnt switch to the new tab pls help

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There's a hidden setting for this:

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste autop and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double-click the media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground preference to switch the value from false to true

That probably should be the default...