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		bartvk on July 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google is already pushing WEI into Chromium I think it has? Go to Settings, and search for Autoplay (or in the left navigation, select Privacy and Security and scroll to Permissions). Click the Settings button next to Autoplay, and set the default to whatever you like (amongst them "Block Audio").

realharo on July 26, 2023 [–]

That's not the same thing. Chrome's setting can force audio to be muted regardless of user interactions or manually started playback, until the website settings are changed to allow sound.

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