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So instead of click-to-play Flash, now you have unstoppable, auto playing audio and video ads that spy on you...? Yes Flash with it's weekly or sometimes daily
by nasredin 9y ago
So instead of click-to-play Flash, now you have unstoppable, auto playing audio and video ads that spy on you...?
Yes Flash with it's weekly or sometimes daily security vulnerabilities was bad, but HTML5 is not "better".
It is design by giant corporations (DRM inside your CPU, inside your browser, etc.) FOR other corporations. It is not designed for people, for freedom. It is regulatory capture by Silicon Valley "techbros" of... Internet's standardizing bodies instead of government regulating agencies.
Hence when I recently used the browser (designed by an advertising company BTW), websites just freely play annoying sounds.
This is not "better". It's worse IMHO, since at least with Flash you had click-to-play.
/Rant
- ams6110 9y agoIn Firefox at least, you can disable auto-play media in about:config
- Drdrdrq 9y agoAgreed. But on the other hand, with web a browser can select which features it allows and which ones it ignores. With flash there was no such option. I am really hoping Mozilla gets their act together and protects us users here.