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According to WSJ [1] the issue was that the ads were autoplaying with sound on. Just auto playing by itself isn't considered intrusive by the industry. [1] htt
by artek 7y ago
According to WSJ [1] the issue was that the ads were autoplaying with sound on. Just auto playing by itself isn't considered intrusive by the industry.
[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/hostilities-rise-inside-g-o-media-over-autoplay-video-ads-and-politics-11572392147 https://www.wsj.com/articles/hostilities-rise-inside-g-o-med...
- big_chungus 7y agoSome of us don't want to spring for unlimited data plans and get rather frustrated when reading textual news incurs the charges associated with streaming video. Bandwidth is not boundless for everyone.
- unlinked_dll 7y ago> intrusive behavior not considered intrusive by those with incentives to be intrusive Autoplay is evil everywhere unless I enable it explicitly.