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That’s an interesting point. Up until now I feel we didn’t reach anything near that because in the generic case autoplay can be disabled (might be by default ?
by makeitdouble 4y ago
That’s an interesting point.
Up until now I feel we didn’t reach anything near that because in the generic case autoplay can be disabled (might be by default ?) in browsers, as it’s an overall obnoxious feature.
The case left are specific apps, and for Netflix or other traditional video streaming platforms, proving it’s against the user’s interests would be super tough (even proving it has addictive effects wouldn’t be enough, as the user could be willingly requesting these addictive effects)
Social media could be a separate case, as culturally we put it in a different bucket, but then limitations would probably only apply to specific demographics (basically kids younger than 13 or 18 ?) and clear those older on liberty of choice grounds.
I think the viewer would need to be directly losing money or being in physical harm to see any kind of regulation on these features.