1813457 - blocking autoplay for video/audio is not working on msn.com

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: Audio/Video, defect, P3)

Description

[Calin Tanase]

From github: https://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues/117469.

<!-- @browser: Firefox 109.0 -->
<!-- @ua_header: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/109.0 -->
<!-- @reported_with: unknown -->

URL: https://www.msn.com

Browser / Version: Firefox 109.0
Operating System: Windows 10
Tested Another Browser: Yes Chrome

Problem type: Something else
Description: MSN website bypasses autoplay in Firefox. Even with Autoplay for audio & video turned off in Firefox settings the site is still able to autoplay videos
Steps to Reproduce:
autoplay still continues on firefox on msn news site

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Comment 1

[Calin Tanase]

Check the github report for extra information: https://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues/117469

Comment 2

[az [:az]]

Can confirm this happens with the MSN page linked in the github report.

Comment 3

[Alastor Wu [:alwu]]

I don't see any issue on MSN, I think the reason of autoplay starting playing is because users have clicked on the page before, which will activate the page and allow any autoplay to start, see this for more details.

If you use Block Audio and Video on the global default setting or set that specifically on MSN, there won't be any autoplay starting when you visit the page before interacting with it.