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A comment on Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video and audio. Parent comment

Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by lugg on Monday February 04, 2019 @03:12PM (#19080156)
> the majority of users want autoplaying GIFs.

That's an assumption. If you ask users if they want gifs or no auto playing video ads they will choose the latter. And if they don't, so what let them choose.

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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by codetrotter on Monday February 04, 2019 @03:42PM (#19080413)
> If you ask users if they want gifs or no auto playing video ads they will choose the latter.

And that’s a false equivalence. I am able to block annoying ads with an adblocker and simultaneously enjoy my desired auto playing muted videos just fine.

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