# Warning for auto-start videos in links, please?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-auto-start-videos-in-links-please/827246>\
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**Created:** [January 5, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-auto-start-videos-in-links-please/827246 "2019-01-05T12:54:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-auto-start-videos-in-links-please/827246/1 "2019-01-05T12:54:13Z")

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While browsing the Pit, 3 of these were attached to links I opened. Not good at work and I think I may have some hearing loss as well (headphones.) Please, can we ask for a warning when you link to a video?

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-auto-start-videos-in-links-please/827246/2 "2019-01-05T13:49:19Z")

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Were the links to YouTube, or were they to some site that isn’t obviously videos? I generally hover over a link before clicking it to see where it goes.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-auto-start-videos-in-links-please/827246/3 "2019-01-05T15:26:59Z")

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I’m not sure about the practicality of this. A lot of folks use script blockers and ad blockers and such that prevent auto-start videos from starting. The person posting the link may not even be aware that the page has an auto-start video on it.

Most browsers these days have settings to enable or disable auto-play. I just took a quick look at this link but it seems to have reasonably good descriptions for how to do this for Chrome and Firefox:

> **[How to Disable Video Autoplay in Chrome and Firefox](https://www.maketecheasier.com/disable-video-autoplay-firefox-chrome/)**
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> Do you hate video ads that automatically play when you load a website? This shows an easy way to disable video autoplay in Chrome and Firefox.

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**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-auto-start-videos-in-links-please/827246/4 "2019-01-05T15:31:46Z")

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News sites, not You Tube. And I can’t install anything on the work system. But thanks.