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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by btilly on Monday September 24, 2012 @12:13PM (#4565343)
Don't autoplay the frigging video! (Maybe some editor can modify the title to warn us?)

I hate sites that start playing video without my asking. Doubly so ones with loud noise. I have sound on my computer for things that really need to get my attention. Not because some site wants to interrupt me and everyone around me.

I wish there was a way to vote this link down so that other people who will be similarly jarred wouldn't have to experience it.

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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by srathi on Monday September 24, 2012 @12:15PM (#4565355)
A humble suggestion: use Flashblock extension. It is also effective against flash based ads.
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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by ctdonath on Monday September 24, 2012 @02:49PM (#4566257)
Does nobody notice the irony of a discussion of capped data plans centering on a website which autoplays video?
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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by swang on Monday September 24, 2012 @10:23PM (#4568196)
I don't think that is irony.
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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by shmerl on Monday September 24, 2012 @12:53PM (#4565632)
If you use Firefox, you can set plugins.click_to_play to true in about:config. Of course it won't help for HTML5 content which starts playing automatically, but it can improve performance with making Flash playable only on demand.
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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by pdenya on Monday September 24, 2012 @01:06PM (#4565713)
Chrome has click to play plugins as well, it's hugely improved my browsing even on wifi.
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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by jcullen on Monday September 24, 2012 @01:21PM (#4565802)
For reference in chrome 21 this is under settings->show advanced->privacy->content settings->plug-ins->click to play.
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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by mauriciob on Monday September 24, 2012 @05:38PM (#4567143)
Or just: chrome://chrome/settings/content > Plug-ins > Click to play.
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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by darkstalker on Monday September 24, 2012 @01:08PM (#4565725)
On firefox you can set click to play (about:config -> plugins.click_to_play)
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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by mauriciob on Monday September 24, 2012 @05:37PM (#4567136)
On Chrome, go here: chrome://chrome/settings/content

Then on Plugins, select 'Click to play'.

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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by nsns on Monday September 24, 2012 @01:43PM (#4565930)
There's Flashblock and other addons for that.
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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by dfxm12 on Monday September 24, 2012 @01:28PM (#4565849)
I have sound on my computer for things that really need to get my attention. Not because some site wants to interrupt me and everyone around me.

Why do you expect websites to conform to your expectations? There is nothing inherent about the web that suggests it would. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble by being proactive rather than waiting for the world to catch up to your standards.

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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by manys on Monday September 24, 2012 @01:35PM (#4565890)
The social contract holds that you don't start yelling at people just because they walk up to you. It's user-hostile web design.
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Re:Why American Phone, Cable and Internet Bills are so High by laserDinosaur on Monday September 24, 2012 @01:48PM (#4565955)
"Why do you expect websites to conform to your expectations?"

You mean the user of the website? Well yes I would darn hope they would!

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