Not sure how it would break the internet at all, can you say that you have ever had a user experience improved by auto playing anything? I mean, heaven for bid

Not sure how it would break the internet at all, can you say that you have ever had a user experience improved by auto playing anything? I mean, heaven for bid, they could the user the ability to actually control the repaint rate. Or pull only the first frame of a gif, and not pull the 100+ meg gif without user consent(via touch, by site, etc..) Browsers wouldn't block popups for years because it could break legitimate use, now I don't think a single browser doesn't ship with that option not on by default. I think the reality is, that these are features and functions that advertisers want, and google is in the business of selling ads. This isn't a can't, its a won't.