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by snagglegaggle 2426 days ago
Look at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1355407, where Mozilla is defending using the page visibility API to stop video playback for backgrounded tabs.

A user brings up the amusing parallel that Mozilla shouldn't block popups for the same reason they don't want to block the page visibility API.