Re: Browser to keep social media from burning up mobile data

On 2025-07-11 03:43, VanguardLH wrote:

<vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com> wrote:
 

A lot of apps don't like little-browser (lynx) because of javascript
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Is there any other browser that shuts off pictures and videos (ie does not
download them) to conserve mobile data?
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Way back, browsers let you shut off pictures

 Isn't that the function of the data saver function?
 https://source.android.com/docs/core/data/data-saver
 In web browsers, like Edge, Firefox, and others, there is an auto-play
setting.  You configure auto-play to disabled.  That way, just loading a
web page does not automatically start playing a video.  I hate web sites
that automatically start playing a video, and at 100% volume, to jar me
out of my chair.  With auto-play disabled, videos do NOT automatically
start when loading a web page.

With Firefox, videos start playing mute in many sites. There is a setting for this, in "site configuration" where block video and audio can be selected.
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Cheers, Carlos.