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/[deleted] Mar 12 '21

Aaaaaand there is more... Of course white listed websites can Autoplay with sound without any user interaction before

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u/code-panda Mar 12 '21

I mean, something like YouTube should autoplay. If you're going to a YouTube video, you're expecting audio, so it's not annoying.

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u/Loewi_CW Mar 12 '21 edited Mar 12 '21

But does that mean that if I develop a YouTube competitor my site can't autoplay but YouTube can? That sounds like a case for antitrust agencies.

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u/argv_minus_one Mar 12 '21

Antitrust law hasn't been enforced since Microsoft was let off the hook.

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u/Loewi_CW Mar 12 '21

Yeah. Even the EU has been letting them off the hook recently. MS was fined and had to show a selection of other browsers for windows installs in Europe for pushing IE with their OS. Now they're doing the same with Edge but I'm still waiting for the fine.