Preloading cannot be turned off separately from autoplay
Preload cannot be controlled separately, so video data downloads even when autoplay is blocked.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
6 public reports · first reported 16 April 2018 · last reported 8 May 2024
What's going wrong
Firefox users want to stop videos from downloading in advance without also blocking playback they start themselves.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 6 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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