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by tiagoma 3067 days ago
1. Go to “chrome://flags” in the URL bar and hit Return/Enter

2. In the search box at the top, type in “autoplay”

3. Look for “Autoplay policy” and pull down the submenu, then choose “Document user activation is required”

4. Relaunch Chrome for the setting to take effect

It does work all that well, but it is something...

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For Firefox:

1. Go to "about:config" in the URL bar and hit Return/Enter

2. In the search box at the top, type in “autoplay”

You'll find two variables to modify. `media.autoplay.enabled` and `media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground`. They do exactly what they say they do. Turn them off/on as you wish by double-clicking, changing true to false and vice-versa.

Thanks!