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Firefox 69 Will Disable Adobe Flash Plugin by Default (zdnet.com)
Mozilla will take the next major step in disabling support for the Adobe Flash plugin later this year when it releases Firefox 69. From a report: Firefox 69 will be Mozilla's third last step to completely dropping support for the historically buggy plugin, which will reach end of life on December 31, 2020. Flash is the last remaining NPAPI plugin that Firefox supports. Mozilla flagged the change, spotted by Ghacks, in a new bug report that notes "we'll disable Flash by default in Nightly 69 and let that roll out". Firefox 69 stable will be released in early September, according to Mozilla's release calendar.
>"Maybe I'm just in the minority in not wanting everything to be a video. [...] I don't want autoplay anything in my browser."
You might be in the minority, but you are FAR from alone. I *detest* ANY type of media autoplay- regardless of the type or if it is muted or not. And I think most users are very annoyed by any type of autoplay, but perhaps not motivated enough to fight it (especially if muted). Firefox is the only browser (I know of) so far that allows blocking autoplay of muted video (and no addon/plugin needed):
media.autoplay.default=1
media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed=false
media.autoplay.allow-muted=false
Although it will break some sites (I find in practice it is a rare thing, though). The Firefox UI currently includes no way to set the first two of the above, you must use about:config.
>"Maybe the issue is that the sites have no motivation to obey "no autoplay" because it would cost developer time to satisfy a very small group of visitors."
Or they are so arrogant and controlling they want to FORCE their crap down your throat regardless of your preferences, requests, or situation. I don't want my browsing experience to ever be like DVR-less "TV" or "Radio".