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Re:Chrome updated to temporarily remove the autoplay policy ... by pietroglyph on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @01:05AM (#17080138)
This seems to be the right way to go... Chrome's current approach[0] is all heuristic and no user input. I think a quick "Allow" with an optional "Remember Me" would be both easier to implement and less confusing than what they have (also not a huge pain for web developers.)

[0]: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/09/autoplay-p...

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Re:Chrome updated to temporarily remove the autoplay policy ... by digi_owl on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @08:12AM (#17081729)
Google's ongoing approach is to remove the human from the loop. And more and more human facing projects seems to follow suit.
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