[andrewchilds]

Totally agree. There should be a digital consumer bill of rights, that includes the right to disable autoplaying videos. Even the NYTimes home page is plastered with them these days, it’s awful. Another one is control over sort order, having the option of “most recent first”, vs. “most likely to keep you here”.

[kaonwarb]

I also detest autoplay. But: you already have the right. Don't visit those sites.

[andrewchilds]

The point was that we should have some kind of social contract that pushes back against the worst known addictive product choices, and to create public awareness about them. Mobile Safari has some limited functionality built-in like "Hide Distracting Items" and reader mode, but it's not enough. iOS has Accessibility > Motion > Auto-Play Video Previews, but that seems to only impact Messages.

[Eddy_Viscosity2]

> Don't visit those sites.

This is not a non-argument used keep things the same (and bad).