1499441 - Preventing autoplay video never work

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Audio/Video: Playback, enhancement)

Description

[Hubert Figuiere [:hub]]

Go to https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/did-uber-steal-googles-intellectual-property

When asked about auto playing media, click deny.

Scroll down, the video is still playing.


Expected:

Video never start playing until I press play.

Comment 1

[Hubert Figuiere [:hub]]

For the record this is not the only website.

Comment 2

[Hubert Figuiere [:hub]]

This page too

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-jobs-automation-insight/amazon-scraps-secret-ai-recruiting-tool-that-showed-bias-against-women-idUSKCN1MK08G

Comment 3

[Hubert Figuiere [:hub]]

This one I never even got prompted. It just started playing

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-usb-type-c-cables/

The video is put in an overlay, to add insult to injury.

Comment 4

[Nils Ohlmeier [:drno]]

All of the examples you gave do play the videos muted. This is still allowed as the block auto play only intends to block audible videos. As you might notice the block auto play it says "autoplay media with sound".

Comment 5

[Hubert Figuiere [:hub]]

Then the UI is utterly confusing. It's phrasing make us think it will block the autoplay instead of just muting it.

Filed bug 1500195 about not being able to block any autoplaying media.

Comment 6

[Hubert Figuiere [:hub]]

Attachment: Screenshot

Reading that message (it's a different page than the one mentioned but that' the same message I got), I read it as "Don't Allow" will not allow the media to play. Not that it will play it muted.

To me "Don't Allow" meant don't play.