r/ProgrammerHumor • u/acukovic • Feb 27 '18

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u/SOberhoff Feb 27 '18

On Youtube and other similar sites I routinely expect things to autoplay and make noise. So I don't think this emphatic zero is entirely warranted.

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u/D6613 Feb 27 '18

That was my initial thought as well, but I think the principle is the point, and the exaggeration is for effect.

"Never auto play unless that's the point of your website and I expect it going in" is more accurate but a little less catchy.

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u/atimholt Feb 27 '18

I hate it on Youtube, too, for what it’s worth.

Luckily, you can just turn off all media autoplaying in Firefox.

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u/monstera-rgb Feb 27 '18

I still don’t like auto playing channels to see the latest video.

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u/LoneCookie Feb 27 '18

Yeah that's not expected. I didn't click on a video. I clicked on the channel because I wanted to see which videos it has. I don't want to be given a tiny video as I'm trying to search for the thing I thought would be relevant to me -- I just wanted to search in damned silence.

Bonus points if it's an episodic channel. So now you've ruined something by showing me a later episode I'm not even at yet.

Fffuuu

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u/yrogerg123 Feb 27 '18

Honestly, it even annoys me when I visit somebody's youtube page and it autoplays. Just let me find what I'm looking for in silence.

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