> YouTube tests adding large, bright, and attention-grabbing thumbnails to the bottom of the player. It seems like some people are better able to handle visual

> YouTube tests adding large, bright, and attention-grabbing thumbnails to the bottom of the player. It seems like some people are better able to handle visual noise. The idea of having autoplay videos on news websites is unthinkable to me, for example. I truly can't comprehend how anybody can stand having a flashing image in their peripheral vision while they're trying to consider a news story. Yet by the lack of public outcry it seems like people are at least fine with them. This YouTube thing seems similar: gaining engagement at the cost of eliminating focus and calm. People complain about environmental pollution but rarely complain about mental pollution.