Stop autoplay on news sites: quiet pages, faster reading

Why autoplay hurts reading

Floating video players and auto-start clips pull focus from the story and slow pages. Silencing them keeps load times quick and the page quiet.

ClickRemix recipe to block autoplay

Prompt: "Hide sticky or floating video players; block autoplay attributes; keep article text visible."
Add: "Mute any inline video elements; remove 'autoplay', 'loop', and 'muted' toggles from embedded players to stop auto-start."
Ask: "Keep the article width ~720px; avoid shifting the layout when removing the player."
Save as "No Autoplay News" for every publisher.

Selectors to target

Hide .video-player, .floating-video, .sticky-video, and iframe[src*="video"].
Remove autoplay attributes on video/audio tags via attribute override.
Stop overlays with [class*="player-overlay"] that block scrolling.

If video keeps returning

Some sites reattach players on scroll. Ask ClickRemix to "continuously remove new sticky video elements and keep autoplay off." Keep inline images untouched so the story flow remains intact.

Keep pages lightweight

Ask ClickRemix to defer or hide third-party video iframes until you click them, cutting down on network calls.
Remove floating "watch next" widgets that track scroll position and slow repaint; keep related links inline under the article instead.
If the page jumps after removing a video slot, set a min-height placeholder so text doesn't shift mid-read.