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Except videos carry along with them the presumption of audio content.
by theseatoms 11y ago
Except videos carry along with them the presumption of audio content.
- detaro 11y agoBy whom? If you look at typical "image" hosters, you can't really tell outside of loading times if it is showing you a gif or a video. Are there browsers that do "clever" things with videos because they think there is audio?
- manmal 11y agoAlso, no auto-play (or at least, no inline display) on iOS.
- mercer 11y agoThat's a really big one for me. When I'm in 'silly consumption mode' I tend to just avoid anything that opens up as a video. I really wish there was an alternative to GIF for this use case though...
- arthurfm 11y agoInstagram's Android app plays (MP4) videos [1] without audio by default. You just tap it to turn the audio on. I don't see why others couldn't do this? [1] https://www.instagram.com/p/BA10BpWrbz9/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BA10BpWrbz9/