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Again, disabling features is a feature given to the site developer, not to the visitor, who's actually running the code.

It would be so much better if browsers were User Agents and respected user settings before the will of the site creator.

They are? * { animation-play-state: paused !important; transition-duration: 0s !important; }

> Also I don't know how the user would enable it.

In Apple products, it's exposed as an accessibility option:

A friend integrated it into Bootstrap for default animations last year, so I’d guess that a lot of sites are using it.

only for Safari on macOS and iOS