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The message is OK, but personally I have an issue with websites playing sound without my consent.

• leetrout 14y ago
  Agreed. But while we're on the topic- what is that song?
  • thejsjunky 14y ago
    It's known as the "troll" or "trololo" song. Can't be bothered to remember it's real name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSA_sWGM44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSA_sWGM44
    • leetrout 14y ago
      10 internets to you, good sir. I just saw the name in the source code on GitHub (facepalm). Thanks for the link to the video; highly entertaining!
  • scw 14y ago
    Mr. Trololo himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oavMtUWDBTM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oavMtUWDBTM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Khil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Khil
• benatkin 14y ago
  OK, why does YouTube get a free pass on this? Nobody has ever given me a good reason.
  • jonchris 14y ago
    its ok for youtube as you know you are landing on sound world. you know it. however suppose u clicked a link abcxyz.com and u don't know much about the site as u wanted to read some article/news etc and all of sudden u hear music. what if music is strange and ur speaker is on in the office? :-)
  • Arkeus 14y ago
    By visiting a YouTube video, I am giving YouTube my consent to play me a video, including any sound it might contain. I completely expect YouTube videos to play sound and am prepared for it, unlike websites such as this.
    • benatkin 14y ago
      All it takes is a redirect.
      • tjoff 14y ago
        What's your point? That people can be annoying?
        • benatkin 14y ago
          No, that this is a double standard people have. They gripe about any non-YouTube site playing audio, but say nothing when they click a bit.ly link that redirects to a YouTube video page.
          • lmm 14y ago
            People absolutely do complain when they click a bit.ly link that redirects to a YouTube video page.
  • viseztrance 14y ago
    Not ok either but you can at least mute the sound there.
    • benatkin 14y ago
      Yes, and it takes one click. Same number of clicks it takes to close the tab.
  • smosher 14y ago
    FWIW I wish youtube didn't autoplay. Not that I care about unexpected noises in a situation like this, but I hope we all agree that unexpected and unwanted noises are genuinely annoying to many people.
  • jackalope 14y ago
    It doesn't. Flashblock is one of the most popular Firefox extensions[1], and variants are available in other browsers. Even though it offers some protection against hidden Flash elements and supercookies, it would still be popular just to prevent autoplaying flash presentations. The author of Flashblock even specifically mentions YouTube on the extension page[2]: Youtube videos not blocked: This is because they are now increasingly HTML5 Videos. I plan to add HTML5 blocking in the next version. Meanwhile you can try out a experimental version at: http://flashblock.mozdev.org/installation1.html#unstable http://flashblock.mozdev.org/installation1.html#unstable This indicates there is a demand for the autoplay blocking feature alone, regardless of the medium. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/?sort=users https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/?sort=us... [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/
• feross 14y ago
  This is such a typical HN comment. The sound and automatic start of disk filling (before the mods changed the link) was intentional and meant to be surprising.
  • viseztrance 14y ago
    I don't like the tone of your response, especially as I don't spend that much time on HN. I explicitly tried to voice my opinion as my own without diminishing what you have accomplished.