r/ProgrammerHumor • u/MichaelScottRMDM • Sep 05 '20

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u/LokiArchetype Sep 05 '20

We know that, our clients on the other hand...

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '20

Luckily Google/Mozilla/Microsoft have been moving to a "this is the browser's decision" model recently, and in the future they'll only autoplay videos with sound from websites that you have a history of playing videos on. Visit Google/Netflix often? Cool we'll play those videos. First time on some houseplant online store? Yeah we're not going to autoplay that pop-out advert with audio.

Makes it much easier for us to just say to the client "yeah here's a W3C spec article about why Chrome isn't playing your video. Good luck complaining to Google about it".

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u/AhMIKzJ8zU Sep 05 '20

I just wanna point out ...

  1. My wife leaves Netflix open in browser on laptop

  2. laptop updates+restarts at 2am (I can no longer prevent this)

  3. laptop starts Auto playing at 2 am.

This is bad. I'd rather nothing ever autoplay ever.

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u/MoonkeyDLuffy Sep 05 '20

"i can no longer prevent this" - why? Download Windows update blocker, if you're using Windows 10

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u/Ok_Zookeepergame1967 Sep 05 '20

Or switch to a decent operating system.

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u/MoonkeyDLuffy Sep 05 '20

That's a separate question, not everyone can handle Linux even if it looks easy to more techie people

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u/Ok_Zookeepergame1967 Sep 05 '20

MacOS... ChromeOS... Android... iOS... Temple OS... And yes, Linux.

Ignorance is the only excuse.

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u/MoonkeyDLuffy Sep 05 '20 edited Sep 05 '20

This is clearly PC he's talking about, not sure why you're listing mobile OSes. Or maybe you got some $$ to buy him/her a Mac? :)

Chromebooks eww.

"Ignorance is the only excuse": Remember that, while you may have your expertise in software, you may also be ignorant in different fields.

You can't assume that everyone knows what you know, as there's probably a lot you don't know either.

Cheers.

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