Hi, the feature to block auto-play on websites with videos is not working anymore, especially on youtube. Had blocked ‘autoplay’ for youtube, but all the videos are now automatically playing when opening / reopening the browser tabs / windows right after clicking on the window.
Also, when typing in a URL into the address bar that’s already open in another tab/window, there’s a “Switch to this tab” button at the far right of the suggestions that pop-up. That doesn’t work all the time consistently. Sometimes it works properly, and other times it doesn’t, just opens the URL in the current tab.
@life777eternal,
Can you try clearing your cache/browsing data for Youtube, then revisiting and setting the Autoplay permission to Block and see if this works as intended? Additionally, the Switch to this tab option only works if you already have that tab open in a different window (or the same window). It won’t appear if you’re visiting this site for the first time (during the current session).
Aye, I cleared the cache for the site by right-clicking on the page and selected “Inspect” and then right clicked on the reload button, and hit “Empty Cache and Hard Reload” Still no change, the auto-play was still not blocked. Also when I tried to change the setting for auto-play in the settings for the site, it kept resetting to block.
Aye, I know the “Switch to This Tab” option only works when the site is already open. For me it keeps changing, sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t work. That is that it opens the site in the current tab, instead of switching to the tab that it’s already open in.
@life777eternal,
So if you’re on YT and you hit the “lock” icon in the address bar and change the Autoplay permission to Block and refresh the page, videos on the page will still autoplay?
Aye, @Mattches though after I click on the 'Lock' icon I have to hit "Site Settings" to get to the "Autoplay" permission. I’ve changed it to Allow, and reloaded the page, and then changed it back to "Ask (Default)/Blocked" … and when I reload the page again the video still automatically plays.
Also if I select "Ask (default)" beside "Autoplay" it automatically changes to "Blocked"
