It appears Microsoft is considering blocking auto-playing video from websites by default. The company has added a new flag to the Edge Canary browser called “Autoplay Limit Default Setting.” This would allow Microsoft to set media autoplay by default to Limit. When set to Limit, media …
Facebook has updated their mobile app and changed the way videos automatically play on your feed. Now these videos auto-play with sound. If you’re somewhere quiet, perhaps in a meeting or maybe a movie, you may not want to open up the app, unless you’re ok …
Auto-playing videos are never a good ideas. Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter are all guilty of auto-playing videos but Twitter and Instagram still mute them while they play. Facebook on the other hand plays videos with sound by default and you have to turn it off. This …
A few years ago, Netflix decided that we should no longer browse in silence for things to watch, so the company introduced “video previews” that automatically play a trailer—with sound—if you linger on a title for more than a few seconds. The approach has proven wildly …
