If you find automatically playing post video and animations distracting, you can turn them off in nostr:npub1svs3dzxhfc3mtdr7a59jsj48wdg0f0fgy0au2yataxu6vza6n8userp66u settings.
You can ALSO turn off animated profile images via the Accessibility section of Settings. 🙌
This is great app that follows the right patterns to be a good Mac and iOS/iPadOS citizen, but also has a million features under the hood.
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