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EarlG

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12. Hmm, now I'm unclear on what you mean

Reply to TimeToGo (Reply #11)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 12:15 AM

Tuesday

Excluding ads, and unless I manually add a video to the Featured Stories section, there are no videos on the homepage. There is a video section on the homepage, but that just shows static thumbnail images from videos, which act as a link to the videos. The images are not videos themselves.

If on the fairly rare occasion that I put a video in the Featured Stories section, the video autoplays for you, I’m not sure why that would happen. My guess is it would be specific to a browser setting or extension in your browser, because YouTube videos don’t typically autoplay by default…

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Automatic video start and intrusive ads [View all] TimeToGo Monday OP

Buy a membership & ads aren't a factor SheltieLover Monday #1

Well TimeToGo Monday #7

Like many thing when you thing being obnoxious will help... frogstar0 Monday #2

It's a catch-22 situation EarlG Monday #4

EarlG, I gladly pay for star membership several times a year. And I block ads like crazy. usonian Monday #6

The balance of incentives works pretty well EarlG Monday #9

Buy a star membership, get an ad-blocker and adjust your browser settings to not auto-play videos. usonian Monday #3

I love my star membership I_UndergroundPanther Monday #5

(It is set to stop auto play, but they still play) TimeToGo Monday #8

We do serve small video ads but EarlG Monday #10

Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear TimeToGo Monday #11

Hmm, now I'm unclear on what you mean EarlG Tuesday #12

On the right side of the page TimeToGo Tuesday #13

Right -- those are not videos EarlG Tuesday #14

Well, then someone should tell the, to stop auto playing on my iPad. 😎 TimeToGo Tuesday #15

To reiterate... EarlG Tuesday #16

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