Posted October 11, 2019
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dtgreene: Website that I was reading an article unexpectedly sttarted playing audio. Web developers, please *never* do this!
(When I see that, I instantly close the tab, even if the article was otherwise interesting. Also, I will downvote posts here that link to such sites, except maybe if the URL is explicitly visible and it's to a well known site, or the post explicitly states that it's linking to video or audio. Note that this includes youtube links.)
1st bit: Agreed (When I see that, I instantly close the tab, even if the article was otherwise interesting. Also, I will downvote posts here that link to such sites, except maybe if the URL is explicitly visible and it's to a well known site, or the post explicitly states that it's linking to video or audio. Note that this includes youtube links.)
2nd bit: So you'd downvote every youtube link? That seems a tad harsh. :\
(Also one can right click a link iirc and see where it goes, so no need to worry about going to a site with such audio accidentally or needing to unduly punish some for posting such)
(Also also there are browser extensions which can stop yt videos from autoloading or playing audio/ads/etc)
, if that helps you any.)