I hated their previous implementation too. This whole "you've unmuted one thing once which means you've unmuted everything for the rest of your session" assumpt

I hated their previous implementation too. This whole "you've unmuted one thing once which means you've unmuted everything for the rest of your session" assumption is just plain stupid. All too often I unmute something, watch it, keep scrolling for a minute or two, and then another video comes up and startles me. That's not okay. But I guess their shitty metrics don't show that? And then, let's be honest, video autoplay in any shape or form in the first place is also a clear dark pattern hoping to grab your attention. Some Instagram builds have a server-side setting to disable video autoplay, which I use (by enabling the debug menu where you get to override all those things manually). Some builds do not. Yes, I got annoyed by Instagram UX so much that I had to decompile it, patch the nastiest parts out, and put it back together.