> Why do news websites want to shove autoplaying videos on people's throats so much Advertising metrics. > And why do news websites even care about doing shov

> Why do news websites want to shove autoplaying videos on people's throats so much Advertising metrics. > And why do news websites even care about doing shoving it to the small percentage of people who actually bother to disable autoplay in their browser? I believe autoplay is off by default on mobile, so it's a significant market.