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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by jefftk on Monday February 04, 2019 @01:48PM (#19079344)
To extend the analogy, I would like to have the option to go to a restaurant (site) order a salad (visit a page) and have that come the way the chef (developer) intended, with cheese (autoplay video). If I don't like this developer or restaurant's judgement I can eat somewhere else. (Or, in the web case, install an extension that blocks autoplay video.)
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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by brewdad on Monday February 04, 2019 @02:33PM (#19079822)
Except most chefs in your analogy are having the quality, quantity, and proportion of ingredients dictated to them by an owner who may or may not know how to microwave popcorn.
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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by appleiigs on Monday February 04, 2019 @03:09PM (#19080134)
I think the analogy is: I want to see the menu and select what I want to eat. But the chef is forcing me to consume it, with the cheese that I don't want, the instant I open the menu.
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