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A comment on Ask HN: Are auto-playing videos now the norm?.

Re:Ask HN: Are auto-playing videos now the norm? by no_protocol on Friday June 16, 2017 @03:54PM (#14572164)
> I can't be alone here to think that these sites will be losing a lot of viewers due to auto-playing videos?

Don't forget that the vast, vast majority of computer users are not like you or anyone that posts on this site. They probably respond differently to these types of videos.

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Re:Ask HN: Are auto-playing videos now the norm? by zzzcpan on Friday June 16, 2017 @04:00PM (#14572193)
They respond the same. From a UX perspective auto-playing videos, animations, sounds were never the norm and web browsers should have never allowed for this to happen. But they belong to the industry that makes money by annoying users and here we are.
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