> Why do news websites want to shove autoplaying videos on people's throats so much, what's wrong with playing at any time when you want? Probably so they can

> Why do news websites want to shove autoplaying videos on people's throats so much, what's wrong with playing at any time when you want? Probably so they can show advertisers that every month, they stream XXX terabytes of video, thereby getting these advertisers to pay them more money. Not technically a lie as long as you don't pretend people are actually watching these videos.