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That reads as "too many users were disabling our creepy shit, so we're re-enabling it!"
by slater 5y ago
That reads as "too many users were disabling our creepy shit, so we're re-enabling it!"
- josephg 5y agoYouTube recently did the same with autoplay. I hate autoplay with a passion, and watching the setting suddenly turn itself on again made me incoherently angry.
- hydrogtehd 5y agoAuto play is the worst. I also hate the turning on chimes Not auto-muting when restarted/woken up Blue led Bright electronics. It seems that everything is designed to scream at the user.
- Lamad123 5y agoI had that last week.. I thought I turned on by mistake as they made too close to navigation bar and other buttons..
- grishka 5y agoStoring user preferences reliably feels like one of the hardest problems in computer science. Especially if doing so would interfere with the metrics you're trying to grow so relentlessly.
- pndy 5y agoThere are extensions around to control this behavior and you can switch to invidious or freetube in worst case
- thrtythreeforty 5y agoGoogle Maps did the same thing in its latest update. There's an undismissable modal that asks you to "enable Google location service to continue" which I very explicitly have off. They make it feel like a technical requirement; if you tap "no thanks" it cancels your nav. Meanwhile the whole thing is obviously a charade because voice guidance and the GPS enabled map are happily running behind the modal!
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoThey also play a game where they refuse to center on your location without tracking enabled even though the GPS is working fine and the pip is on the map.
- scim-knox-twox 5y agoI tried Chromecast, but Google Home (app to configure Chromecast) required location. Without enabling it, I couldn't complete (or better: start) configuration…