The only insane thing is to have an algorithm guess whether I want to watch the video or not, instead of just letting me decide with a single damn click. Autop

The only insane thing is to have an algorithm guess whether I want to watch the video or not, instead of just letting me decide with a single damn click. Autoplaying videos that stop playing after scrolling is one of the worst UX crimes in history of UX. At the same time in 2022 I still cannot prevent "autoplay" of animated gifs that bombard my senses in every feed unless I outright block literally everything other than text. And the sad thing is that software quality in general is most likely just as bad, only not as visible.