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> In general, we want to use the Page Visibility API to stop unnecessary processes when the user doesn’t see the page or, on the other hand, to perform background actions.

Hahahaha no. That's going to be put to use for surveillance and watching when people switch back and forth to the page to maximize ad revenue. I can imagine Twitch using it to determine if the viewer is really looking at the page of if they have gone off to another window, and using that to gauge "engagement" or some other "monetization" metric.

parent cratermoon 3 years ago

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