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Slightly off-topic but now even New Yorker is inserting autoplay videos about completely unrelated topics in the middle of long articles (in my case "Anthony Bo
by glenneroo 9y ago
Slightly off-topic but now even New Yorker is inserting autoplay videos about completely unrelated topics in the middle of long articles (in my case "Anthony Bourdain on Going from Obama to Trump"). Why would they do such a thing? Are they hoping everyone suddenly develops ADHD?
- jrs95 9y agoI think they're counting on the fact that everyone already has ;)
- superb_herb 9y agoThey need the ad dollars like everyone else.
- stochastic_monk 9y agoI now browse with 4 extensions to handle issues like this. The autoplaying is everywhere and absurd. (NYTimes even has autoplaying animations you can't turn off. I sent them an email asking to have the option to turn it off as a paying subscriber and they didn't even respond.) It's a mix of reasons, but it's usually ultimately about turning you into a product. I think it's disgusting. To make the internet bearable, I use the following extensions: Ad Block Plus HTTPS Everywhere Privacy Badger And, the newest in the bunch, Ghostery. I do have to twiddle some things on and off now and then, but on the whole it works and my online experience is a lot less jarring.