Youtube links opened in background tabs start autoplaying despite autoplay being off

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Sometimes, if I close all Brave Browser (iOS) windows, clear cookies and cache, have Brave Shields Advanced Controls set to:

  • Trackers & Ads Blocking: Aggressive
  • Block Scripts: Disabled
  • Block Fingerprinting: Enabled

And using:

  • Private Browsing Only

. . . and have been playing some audio at some websites . . . such as YouTube . . .

And I close Brave Browser, and Power OFF (but not “hard” shut down) the iPhone . . .

Then, after iPhone Power ON, that audio will play automatically - without launching Brave Browser.

The script for the audio, apparently “lives” somewhere in the iPhone’s memory.

In order to stop that audio, I have to (one of the following three methods):

Use BB to revisit the webpage where I first encountered that audio - and there, I have to ENABLE the Block Scripts switch.

Click BB icon and then actually Quit (upward swipe method) BB.

Hard Restart the iPhone.

I am accustomed to dealing with the situation, but I thought that I should post confirmation that “an audio ghost” script-or-something can linger and seemingly play at will.

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