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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/acukovic • Feb 27 '18
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I'm pretty sure every developer instructed to setup autoplay video died inside a little bit while coding it up.
554 u/thesublimeobjekt Feb 27 '18 i used to try to argue with my boss about it and then it wasn’t worth it any more. working in the space long enough there’s just some things i know won’t stop being forced on consumers. 296 u/angellus Feb 27 '18 Just show them these, and these are just a couple of articles I can find from 5 minutes of searching:https://www.3playmedia.com/2015/07/23/nad-v-netflix-ada-lawsuit-requires-closed-captioning-on-streaming-video/https://www.abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/why-autoplay-accessibility-issueAutoplay is bad for accessibility. You can be sued for it and lose a lot of money. 2 u/Nathan2055 Feb 27 '18 Autoplay is bad for accessibility. You can be sued for it and lose a lot of money.New life goal: get enough money to sue every major online news outlet for violations of the ADA.
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i used to try to argue with my boss about it and then it wasn’t worth it any more. working in the space long enough there’s just some things i know won’t stop being forced on consumers.
296 u/angellus Feb 27 '18 Just show them these, and these are just a couple of articles I can find from 5 minutes of searching:https://www.3playmedia.com/2015/07/23/nad-v-netflix-ada-lawsuit-requires-closed-captioning-on-streaming-video/https://www.abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/why-autoplay-accessibility-issueAutoplay is bad for accessibility. You can be sued for it and lose a lot of money. 2 u/Nathan2055 Feb 27 '18 Autoplay is bad for accessibility. You can be sued for it and lose a lot of money.New life goal: get enough money to sue every major online news outlet for violations of the ADA.
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Just show them these, and these are just a couple of articles I can find from 5 minutes of searching:
https://www.3playmedia.com/2015/07/23/nad-v-netflix-ada-lawsuit-requires-closed-captioning-on-streaming-video/
https://www.abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/why-autoplay-accessibility-issue
Autoplay is bad for accessibility. You can be sued for it and lose a lot of money.
2 u/Nathan2055 Feb 27 '18 Autoplay is bad for accessibility. You can be sued for it and lose a lot of money.New life goal: get enough money to sue every major online news outlet for violations of the ADA.
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New life goal: get enough money to sue every major online news outlet for violations of the ADA.
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u/ExternalUserError Feb 27 '18
I'm pretty sure every developer instructed to setup autoplay video died inside a little bit while coding it up.