There's a huge difference in the emotional salience of video, as opposed to images or text. It's why I don't watch the news - I'd prefer to not have my emotiona

There's a huge difference in the emotional salience of video, as opposed to images or text. It's why I don't watch the news - I'd prefer to not have my emotional responses getting hijacked in that manner. Not autoplaying video is a no-brainer for my set of preferences.