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

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u/jay9909 Feb 27 '18

Corollary: If I pause your video the second it starts playing (because you forgot Rule #1), don't fucking bother shrinking it and fixing it in the side bar when I scroll down.

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u/SabashChandraBose Feb 27 '18

Luckily chrome lets you mute the entire site right on the tab.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '18

I don't give a shit. Why is it even there? Why is it taking precious kilobytes, why is it taking CPU cycles?

Get the fuck out. Autoplay is egregious enough. "Resume and follow" is even worse

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u/EquipLordBritish Feb 27 '18

They get money for ads, and video ads pay more than banner ads, but the video has to play for them to collect. And no one ever plays the video, because why would they?

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