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Autoplay video with no audio track is being used as a lower-bandwidth alternative to gifs, and it's great for that. Firefox's solution is a good one - don't ba
by notatoad 8y ago
Autoplay video with no audio track is being used as a lower-bandwidth alternative to gifs, and it's great for that.
Firefox's solution is a good one - don't ban autoplaying video, ban autoplaying video that includes sound, unless it is specifically allowed for that site.
- carmate383 8y agoBut why should a video automatically _begin_ playing if I can't see it?
- moreira 8y agoThe same reason a GIF begins playing if you can't see it. As mentioned, video without audio is being used as a GIF replacement; it makes sense for it to behave the same way.
- rocky1138 8y agoI'd rather them go all the way then offer us a whitelist.
- swiley 8y agoThat’s strange, very small animated gifs are often smaller than the equivalent video, especially ones with low color counts.
- Thorrez 8y agoThere are tons of videos that aren't very tiny, and that have large color counts. notatoad is talking about those.