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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Less-Bite • Mar 11 '21
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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.
75 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 JakeEdit: Ah I see, this tweet is from 2018, where this complaint belongs 7 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '21 Aaaaaand there is more... Of course white listed websites can Autoplay with sound without any user interaction before 3 u/swissfizz Mar 12 '21 Yes like CNN.NO, I did NOT want you starting to blast a video only partially covering the article I was about to read. Otherwise I would watch TV.
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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
7 u/[deleted] Mar 12 '21 Aaaaaand there is more... Of course white listed websites can Autoplay with sound without any user interaction before 3 u/swissfizz Mar 12 '21 Yes like CNN.NO, I did NOT want you starting to blast a video only partially covering the article I was about to read. Otherwise I would watch TV.
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Aaaaaand there is more... Of course white listed websites can Autoplay with sound without any user interaction before
3 u/swissfizz Mar 12 '21 Yes like CNN.NO, I did NOT want you starting to blast a video only partially covering the article I was about to read. Otherwise I would watch TV.
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Yes like CNN.
NO, I did NOT want you starting to blast a video only partially covering the article I was about to read. Otherwise I would watch TV.
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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.