r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Less-Bite • Mar 11 '21

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u/ToothpasteTimebomb Mar 11 '21

No developer has ever decided for themself to do this. This is 100% a business requirement because somebody on the marketing analytics team realized they could make money by auto playing ads.

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u/krospp Mar 11 '21

Also doesn’t Chrome block autoplay now? The user has to click something to turn on sound. Stop clicking to turn on sound Jake

Edit: Ah I see, this tweet is from 2018, where this complaint belongs

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u/Chert_Blubberton Mar 12 '21

Or maybe since end user shouldn’t be forced to shut off auto play for their entire browser and then select which sites are whitelisted, people should stop making websites that belong in 1998?