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HotCakeX
Sep 25, 2019MVP
Autoplay blocking does Not work on YouTube
Autoplay blocking option is set to "Block". restarted the browser, then I got to YouTube, click on a video and it starts automatically as before.
Edge insider Version 79.0.285.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
- evanchatter37Copper Contributor
Since April 2018, Google made some changes to the Autoplay Policy. You not only need to add the autoplay=1 as a query param, but also add allow='autoplay' as an iframe's attribute
So while embed youtube video, you will have to do something like this:
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID?autoplay=1" allow='autoplay'></iframe>
- DeletedI can't find any website that autoblock works in. all websites seem to ignore it
It appears that it actually doesn't work anywhere.
tried it also in here:
http://123tvnow.com/watch/abc/
and here
https://clips.twitch.tv/NaivePreciousMouseMikeHoguand here
https://www.foxnews.com/
no effects. turned off ublock origins (adblocker extension), still no effects.- PitapeCopper ContributorToo bad Edge Chromium does not have a good auto play blocking like Brave browser.
- ms4132Steel Contributor
Does Brave auto play blocking stop the Netflix background preview "feature"? If so, I will probably add it to my browser selection for just that one feature.
I'm not holding my breath, but I sure hope the new Edge block auto play will be smart enough to block that behavior too. I'm sure that it it is valued by some subscribers, but I would like to have the choice.
If Netflix has now introduced a way to stop this and I missed hearing about it, I am glad to be enlightened. I saw that Apple TV is introducing the same thing and some other services have it, but have the option to disable it.
- nikitat1260Steel Contributor
HotCakeX I confirm. I have the same problem.