Re:Tell HN: Legacy WebAudio content will break in Chrome 70
by fenomas on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @11:25AM
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> But as a user, I appreciate the fact that websites won't be able to just start playing audio without some interaction from me.
To be clear I agree with the intent of the policy. But Chrome's implementation breaks most/all legacy content even if follows the intent of the policy.
When the policy originally went live in Chrome 66 I went looking through back issues of WebAudio Weekly, and it was a wasteland - everything was broken, including the demos that followed the intent of the policy, with "Play" buttons like you describe.
To be clear I agree with the intent of the policy. But Chrome's implementation breaks most/all legacy content even if follows the intent of the policy.
When the policy originally went live in Chrome 66 I went looking through back issues of WebAudio Weekly, and it was a wasteland - everything was broken, including the demos that followed the intent of the policy, with "Play" buttons like you describe.