Ask HN: Let's save some bandwidth (autoplay video)

3 pointsankit848y ago4 comments

Dear Web,

Let's not auto-play videos in mute. No one cares, no one bothers. Saving bandwidth is a first gesture of saving resources (cpu/power/memory/mobile-data/bandwidth).

4 comments

pwg8y ago

Firefox:

about:config

media.autoplay.enabled

All my devices have this set to false.

smt888y ago

This doesn't work on most sites for me :( Nothing seems to be a silver bullet.

slater8y ago

But but... MAH USER RETENTION!! </marketing drone>

smt888y ago

It's about ads, not users. Video impressions are way better sources of revenue, and autoplay beefs up the view count artificially.

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Ask HN: Let's save some bandwidth (autoplay video)

3 pointsankit848y ago4 comments

Dear Web,

Let's not auto-play videos in mute. No one cares, no one bothers. Saving bandwidth is a first gesture of saving resources (cpu/power/memory/mobile-data/bandwidth).

4 comments

pwg8y ago

Firefox:

about:config

media.autoplay.enabled

All my devices have this set to false.

smt888y ago

This doesn't work on most sites for me :( Nothing seems to be a silver bullet.

slater8y ago

But but... MAH USER RETENTION!! </marketing drone>

smt888y ago

It's about ads, not users. Video impressions are way better sources of revenue, and autoplay beefs up the view count artificially.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse