Chrome already require webpages to ask permission in order to use resources like camera and microphone. I think it should do the same for speakers.
Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Playing Media in Browsers
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#92Turn off flash. 99% of your problem solved plus other benefits.
Re: Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Playing Media in Browsers
#93Autoplay is a feature specified in the W3C standard. Thus it's not the browser makers but websites should be blamed for abusing autoplay.
Another commenter suggested it should be something your browser prompts you for, similar to location or camera access. This seems to solve the poster's issue, whilst keeping within the spec (I assume?)
You're right though, websites shouldn't abuse autoplay.
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#94Re: Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Playing Media in Browsers
#95Autoplay is a feature specified in the W3C standard. Thus it's not the browser makers but websites should be blamed for abusing autoplay.
Browser makers are under no obligation to support a given part of the standard.
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
The data issue can be addressed by only having videos play automatically when the user is on a wifi connection. This is the default for mobile devices already, so it's arguably already solved for most users. Not all WiFi connections equate to an infinite amount of data. Due to circumstances I am on a connection for which I pay per GB and it's shared through a WiFi router. I do not want my browser to download videos u…
I have a 3G Mobile Wireless Modem/Router (TP-Link M5250[1], heavily recommended btw) and this "if wireless connection present, download all the things" attitude really annoys me. Android is a big offender. Why on earth I don't get a "download updates automatically only on this particular network" setting... Whatsapp, Google Maps and many other apps too make the same false assumption. [1]: http://www.tp-link.com/en/pr…
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#97oh man, auto play on mobile apps that kill what you were listening to, requiring you to switch back the other app makes me want to throw my phone out the window.
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#98I'm using the "Disable HTML5 Autoplay" for Chrome which works to block it, but it does break some sites. Notable Amazon Prime Video doesn't automatically start playing the next episode, and Facebook videos (and GIFs) won't play even when you click play.
I would suggest at least making it opt-in through the browser-popup. However that's another annoyance - the number of sites I now visit which ask to send me notifications.
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#99This is eating up our data and inconveniencing millions of people using your products. The data issue can be addressed by only having videos play automatically when the user is on a wifi connection. This is the default for mobile devices already, so it's arguably already solved for most users. The "convenience" issue is something that I strongly suspect is actually something that people think one way but act another…
If you yell at me, I'll pay attention, but I'd still rather you didn't. The argument that we watch them more is the same thing. Bright, shiny, loud, moving things will draw my attention and increase my engagement, but I'd prefer to avoid things that manipulate my attention in certain ways. Video and audio are where I personally draw the line, and from this thread, it seems that others do too.
Re: Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Playing Media in Browsers
#100This is eating up our data and inconveniencing millions of people using your products. The data issue can be addressed by only having videos play automatically when the user is on a wifi connection. This is the default for mobile devices already, so it's arguably already solved for most users. The "convenience" issue is something that I strongly suspect is actually something that people think one way but act another…
> This is the default for mobile devices already, so it's arguably already solved for most users.
Unfortunately it's relatively easy to circumvent this. I recently implemented an auto-play background video using a canvas element to which I'd render the frames from a video. Sound can't be played, but you could still end up downloading megabytes worth of video without taking any action.