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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish28•2 months ago For example, Google Chrome has stopped the use of auto-play video. Even setting aside ads, that was virtually always something that I did not want. If websites like CNN want someone to watch video, put the video up with autoplay off. If someone wants to watch it, they can start it playing. arrow-up128arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•edit-22 months agoBut then they can’t force you to watch claim that you watched the ad at the start of the video for that sweet advertiser revenue. arrow-up114arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
Even setting aside ads, that was virtually always something that I did not want.
If websites like CNN want someone to watch video, put the video up with autoplay off. If someone wants to watch it, they can start it playing.
But then they can’t
force you to watchclaim that you watched the ad at the start of the video for that sweet advertiser revenue.