> I've always found it annoying that browsers autoplay animated images, and there still isn't a built-in way to control that behavior.

When I first started daily driving Linux in 2011, this was the default behavior of konqueror, Firefox, librewolf, and opera.

I would have to set a flag in the software to get it to autoplay videos and gifs. They would just load with a warning message in the render space that said click to load auto play video.

Not surprised that it’s gone.