I start out with an exploration of the reign of Alexander the great on YouTube and wake up to flat earth bullshit... What the fuck is up with that?
[–] fusir 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago (edited ago)
It is ok to autoplay videos on a video website. That is it.
For example if you click on a suggested video on a side panel you are going to want it to play. You illustrated your intent that you want that video to play. But in case someone opens multiple videos in multiple tabs to watch something later it should only play once focus is on that tab.
[–] totes_magotes [S] 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
No it’s not. Screen readers get blasted over
[–] acheron2012 0 points 20 points 20 points (+20|-0) ago
IMO the worst are videos playing without sound that are difficult/impossible to stop. They just sit there burning up data.
THIS is what a pointless waste of finite resources looks like.
[–] totes_magotes [S] 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Bandwidth really isn't finite - the hardware for that has a limited lifespan regardless of whether it's used or how much it's used. It's just a way for companies to try to milk you for more money. You already pay far more for your internet than you should.
[–] peacegnome 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
i'm on projectFi and each MB costs me $0.01, so a 100MB video just cost me $1. Auto-playing videos, or auto-buffering video costs a lot.
[–] Humansized 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Well finite for consumers. Especially mobile users.
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[–] soliddrink 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
would be great, except I don't feel like doing that every time I go to a new news page. I just would love a ublock origin list only for videos so I don't have to do this task
[–] Aleste2 ago
New sites hate 3G/4G so they want your bandwith just finishes as soon as possible.