alt Hacker News> why the hell can I not conveniently disable autoplay video in Firefox or Chrome
Because Google doesn't want you to since they make money from autoplay, and they control both Chrome and Firefox (the former directly, the latter indirectly).
> why the hell can I not conveniently disable autoplay video in Firefox or Chrome
Because Google doesn't want you to since they make money from autoplay, and they control both Chrome and Firefox (the former directly, the latter indirectly).
Perhaps. There are other possibilities. Certainty that we know all the answers is part of bad design.