[musicale]

I dislike vertical video also. Last I checked, phones can rotate 90 degrees to play landscape video.

On a related note, is there a browser that can completely block auto-playing video with a setting that actually works?

I find it depressing that web developers seem willing to do anything to ignore user preferences, especially when intrusive advertising is involved.

[LargoLasskhyfv]

For desktop FF (ESR) at least.

In about:config:

media.autoplay.default = 5

media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 2

From https://www.privacy-handbuch.de/handbuch_21h.htm?q=autoplay

Searching on that site for autoplay leads to the same settings for Fennec on Android, but I don't dream of electric sheep, so ...

[chatmasta]

I don’t want to rotate my phone just to view your video.

[musicale]

Funny, I have the same thought about vertical video and rotating my laptop and desktop display.

Phones are commonly used in horizontal mode for games, photos, and video streaming.

[chatmasta]

If I’m watching a two hour video, I’ll flip my phone. But if I’m cycling between reading articles and other activities for which I prefer vertical mode, then I’d rather keep it in that orientation than switch it just to watch a video.