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Sure, if you've remembered to do it. And again for your laptop, your phone, your tablet, your work computer, your partner's laptop... and then again once you've

Sure, if you've remembered to do it. And again for your laptop, your phone, your tablet, your work computer, your partner's laptop... and then again once you've updated your OS, or rebuilt your computer. I feel like I'm turning this setting off about once a month, usually after it has done something embarrassing or highly irritating on public transport . This should have been the default since browsers were first able to play audio.

ubercow13 8y ago
So you are not arguing for choice, you are arguing for forcing your preference on everyone, so that they become the ones who have to set the option back in all of their browser installs.
- chimprich 8y ago
  Yes I am, because the default choice is idiotic, annoying and anti-social. Setting your preference to autoplay may be irritating if you prefer it the other way, but you won't annoy your co-workers, leak any sensitive info, or wake up your SO before finding it in the wrong state. And the Firefox devs agree with me. Could maybe add an option with Firefox sync to save browser settings if anyone really misses this "feature".
  - ubercow13 8y ago
    This is about disabling silent videos autoplaying. Firefox is already disabling videos with audio autoplaying. I am not sure how silent videos could be much more embarrassing or disturbing to people on public transport or your co-workers than an inappropriate image, and I do not agree that they are idiotic or anti-social.
    - chimprich 8y ago
      From the title of the article: "Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video and audio". Emphasis mine.
      - detaro 8y ago
        The subthread we are commenting is about all autoplay, starting with a commenter saying the audio-only ban was not enough, and then being told that silent autoplay can also be turned off, but many users probably want it. > Muted autoplay is still allowed. WTH Mozilla. Just stop. Stop the stupid auto-playing video. Nobody wants it.
        chimprich 8y ago
        Apologies. My comments were intended to be about autoplaying audio.

ubercow13 8y ago

So you are not arguing for choice, you are arguing for forcing your preference on everyone, so that they become the ones who have to set the option back in all of their browser installs.

chimprich 8y ago
Yes I am, because the default choice is idiotic, annoying and anti-social. Setting your preference to autoplay may be irritating if you prefer it the other way, but you won't annoy your co-workers, leak any sensitive info, or wake up your SO before finding it in the wrong state. And the Firefox devs agree with me. Could maybe add an option with Firefox sync to save browser settings if anyone really misses this "feature".
- ubercow13 8y ago
  This is about disabling silent videos autoplaying. Firefox is already disabling videos with audio autoplaying. I am not sure how silent videos could be much more embarrassing or disturbing to people on public transport or your co-workers than an inappropriate image, and I do not agree that they are idiotic or anti-social.
  - chimprich 8y ago
    From the title of the article: "Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video and audio". Emphasis mine.
    - detaro 8y ago
      The subthread we are commenting is about all autoplay, starting with a commenter saying the audio-only ban was not enough, and then being told that silent autoplay can also be turned off, but many users probably want it. > Muted autoplay is still allowed. WTH Mozilla. Just stop. Stop the stupid auto-playing video. Nobody wants it.
      - chimprich 8y ago
        Apologies. My comments were intended to be about autoplaying audio.