Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video and audio

Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by skybrian on Monday February 04, 2019 @12:20PM (#19078268)

This assumes you know what you're getting into when you click a link. That's not how the web works. Many sites are unfamiliar and we shouldn't have to keep track of them all.

If we want people to be happy visiting sites unfamiliar to them and encourage diversity in their reading, we need to make sure the defaults are good. You can always adjust them on sites you know well.

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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by IvanK_net on Monday February 04, 2019 @07:21PM (#19081997)

I believe the only way for the author to succeed is to provide exactly what the visitors want. If there is an automatic video / audio, it is probably there because the majority of visitors like it. So probably, you are in the minority, but want to forbid something for the majority.

Honestly, I am quite scared by people, who so easily agree to ban or restrict things for the whole population, just to avoid those 3 seconds of a day, during which they may feel uncomfortable.

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