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There should be an add-on that just basically stops one from even opening a website with this kind of practice.

I left as soon as the video started playing.

I installed an add-on in Firefox called "Disable HTML5 Autoplay". Works great.

Just FYI for Mac users, latest Safari has this feature built-in.

The way apple has stood up for consumers through built-in Safari features is straight up inspiring, with autoplay disabling and tracking disabling.

Considering they lag horrendously in pretty much everything else, it's a bit of a desperate ploy for attention...