html embedded video - stop playing

[uncle]

I read somewhere that there is no way to stop these videos from playing. Is this true? Specifically, The New York Times plays them, which I find distracting. I understand that by using app.nytimes.com you will get a static page, but that is not updated news.

(My FF version is 54.0.1)

Thank you

[HansV]

You could use the free extension NoScript. It blocks most such content.

In the beginning it'll be a lot of work to tell NoScript which sites you want to allow to run scripts, but it's worth it in my opinion.

[uncle]

Thanks, Hans