Google Chrome to Stop Flash Auto Play
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Google Chrome: Web Browser Update To Disable Flash Animations and Videos
The update, currently in beta, will stop Flash pop-up ads from autoplaying while loading Web pages. Chrome released the update with the aim to save battery life for laptop users.
http://mashable.com/2015/06/05/chrome-disables-autoplaying-flash/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link
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One of the podcasts I listen to was talking about exactly this problem and other problems related to ads, etc.
Some study found that many of the most popular websites now have a user downloading more junk related to analytics and ads than it does the content of the website.