<story><title>Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video and audio</title><url>https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/02/firefox-66-to-block-automatically-playing-audible-video-and-audio/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TheCoreh</author><text>I personally want it, and I&amp;#x27;m sure a lot of people want it too.&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of interesting experiences that can be enabled by autoplay. If a site ends up being too annoying it will simply lose visitors, and extensions can perform more aggressive blocking for those that don&amp;#x27;t like it.&lt;p&gt;IMO this is a fine compromise solution.</text></item><item><author>jonahhorowitz</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Muted autoplay is still allowed.&lt;/i&gt; WTH Mozilla. Just stop. Stop the stupid auto-playing video. Nobody wants it.&lt;p&gt;This announcement almost made my morning. It&amp;#x27;s frustrating seeing video everywhere when you&amp;#x27;re just trying to read an article. If I wanted video, I&amp;#x27;d turn on my TV.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>king_magic</author><text>I’ve never once found autoplay video to enhance a web experience. I’ve never once found a single example to be “interesting”. I don’t care if audio is muted. I don’t want it, full stop.&lt;p&gt;It’s atrocious UX. It’s hostile to users. It’s presumptive and frankly rude. There’s no excuse for autoplay. Even on YouTube, it’s more often infuriating than not.&lt;p&gt;Edit: clarified “autoplay video”, not animated GIFs</text></comment>
<story><title>Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video and audio</title><url>https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/02/firefox-66-to-block-automatically-playing-audible-video-and-audio/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TheCoreh</author><text>I personally want it, and I&amp;#x27;m sure a lot of people want it too.&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of interesting experiences that can be enabled by autoplay. If a site ends up being too annoying it will simply lose visitors, and extensions can perform more aggressive blocking for those that don&amp;#x27;t like it.&lt;p&gt;IMO this is a fine compromise solution.</text></item><item><author>jonahhorowitz</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Muted autoplay is still allowed.&lt;/i&gt; WTH Mozilla. Just stop. Stop the stupid auto-playing video. Nobody wants it.&lt;p&gt;This announcement almost made my morning. It&amp;#x27;s frustrating seeing video everywhere when you&amp;#x27;re just trying to read an article. If I wanted video, I&amp;#x27;d turn on my TV.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>collyw</author><text>&amp;gt; There are a lot of interesting experiences that can be enabled by autoplay.&lt;p&gt;Yeah, like alerting the participants of a meeting to the fact you are browsing crap on your phone.</text></comment>