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In reply to the discussion: HuffPost is unreadable! [View all]Kleveland
(1,257 posts)It should be a choice to view the video, not shoved down your throat!
I really don't like the whole remake of Huffpost. It wasn't broken, so why fix it?
(Apple pulls this kinda' crap all of the time.... don't get me started)
It can be a real issue, especially when dealing with data usage caps.
Although this may not help that, you can also turn off auto-playing the videos in Firefox.
On the URL line type "about:config". (without the quotes of course)
Then accept the risk (kinda silly, unless you really mess around!)
Scroll down and find the line
media.autoplay.enabled user set boolean true
Change true to false.
Close the tab, and it should stop the autoplay. It may still load it, haven't really messed around with it further.
There may be a quicker way to do this, but if there is...I have missed it!
Oh! I also agree with using an Adblocker.... causes some issues on some sites, but you can tweak it on the fly if you need to.
Peace