Wish #2 for iOS: stop auto-play for media

I’m enjoying the quick AirPods hand-off between iPad and iPhone in iOS 14… until I accidently scroll past an autoplaying video on my iPad while listening to a podcast on my iPhone and the podcast drops. 😠

Now that the annoying screen takeover for incoming phone calls is resolved — hooray! (wish #1) — adding the option to disable media autoplay in Safari on iOS/iPadOS would be greatly appreciated. I have yet to encounter any page on which an autoplaying video or audio is something that improves my reading experience.

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