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Re:Google Chrome to stop autoplaying content with sound by outsidetheparty on Friday September 15, 2017 @11:44AM (#15258080)
Yeah, I guess you're right. Seems like back in the day it wasn't nearly as pervasive, you'd know to expect a terrible MIDI track if you hit somebody's MySpace page but generally didn't need to worry about it elsewhere -- but maybe that's rose-colored nostalgia speaking.

(I've never used the phrases "rose-colored nostalgia" and "MySpace" in such close proximity before)

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Re:Google Chrome to stop autoplaying content with sound by icebraining on Friday September 15, 2017 @01:07PM (#15258783)
MySpace can a bit later than what msla is referring to.. in fact, the MySpace period (mid 2000s) may have been the best in this regard, as the amateur site makers were increasingly people who didn't know HTML and used more restricted tools like Blogger, but the bandwidth for pervasive video wasn't around yet.
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