New bill would ban autoplay videos and endless scrolling

Post by isodude » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 4:40 PM UTC

mc32 wrote: post #28

GhostVII wrote: post #9

Things like requiring accept and decline checkboxes to be the same font seem somewhat reasonable, even if I disagree with it, but banning autoplay videos and endless scrolling is insane. There are legitimate uses for autoplay videos (ex. Netflix playing next episode, YouTube playing next song when you are listening to music) which I personally use all the time and appreciate, and endless scrolling is great when you d…

I’m torn about endless scrolling. I wholeheartedly agree with a ban on auto playing sound or video. It’s gratingly irritating. It’s rather anti-human, experience wise.

Post by WhiteNoiz3 » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 4:40 PM UTC

Post by magduf » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 4:42 PM UTC

Asooka wrote: post #69

Nullabillity wrote: post #58

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Outlawing X doesn't mean almost-X is completely fine. That said, none of your examples make much sense (to me). > - autoplay of gifs vs web videos Presumably the content is what matters, not the particular compression format. Does it show animated content continuously without being triggered by active user interaction? Yes, so it's an auto-playing video. > - does Pinterest count as an auto scroll ad It's primarily fo…

> Presumably the content is what matters, not the particular compression format. Does it show animated content continuously without being triggered by active user interaction? Yes, so it's an auto-playing video. By that logic a loading spinner is an auto-playing video. Does me logging in count as "active user interaction" for showing me a loading spinner? I didn't request the spinner, I requested access to my skype c…

Post by floatrock » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 4:42 PM UTC

mFixman wrote: post #59

zbrozek wrote: post #11

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While I agree that it's hard to support legislation that's likely to have a lot of unintended consequences, it's also important to realize what's driving folks to introduce a bill like this. It's also worth pointing out that (in particular with Netflix) your example is its own counter-argument. You can't turn off autoplay, and that's the opposite of letting me make choices for myself. There's also plenty of other exa…

> You can't turn off autoplay I'm pretty sure you can turn it off for all devices from desktop Netflix's settings. I somehow don't have autoplay enabled when I watch any series.

Post by TotempaaltJ » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 4:43 PM UTC

Nullabillity wrote: post #73

Asooka wrote: post #69

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> Presumably the content is what matters, not the particular compression format. Does it show animated content continuously without being triggered by active user interaction? Yes, so it's an auto-playing video. By that logic a loading spinner is an auto-playing video. Does me logging in count as "active user interaction" for showing me a loading spinner? I didn't request the spinner, I requested access to my skype c…

The spinner fulfils a purpose (by notifying you that the content is still not quite ready) and is temporary (it goes away once the content is loaded). That said, you could always just replace it with a static "Loading.." label.