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Ask HN: Are auto-playing videos now the norm?

Seriously, wtf?

Forbes, TheHill, LinkedIn, and various other sites now just auto-play videos following right in facebook's footsteps.

I started instantly closing browser tabs for articles I'm trying to read, as the video would just start blasting through my speakers and on-top of that begin with a noisy and annoying ad.

I can't be alone here to think that these sites will be losing a lot of viewers due to auto-playing videos?

Anyone else feel the same way?

16 points gt565k 9 years ago 11 comments

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