Google: Putting Ads First. Users, Please, Step to the Rear of the Bus
September 9, 2020
DarkCyber spotted this item on the Google Chrome support page: “Can’t disable Chrome Mobile video autoplay. Have set to Blocked in Site Settings; still autoplaying.” The idea is that a person checking out a video on YouTube, for example, will be subjected to a stream of videos that just play. This is a variant of the Energizer Bunny, except that those batteries don’t die. The autoplay bunny is an almost forever thing. There are some amusing and interesting comments from users at the back of the digital bus; for instance:
You need to disable java feature in settings. Chrome forcing user playing videos in background for monetary reasons.
Imagine! Monetary reasons. Is the Google taking steps to get in front of the impending legal tussles looming from states, national governments, and now, maybe, users?
Oh, one more comment from a user who does not matter in the here and now Google context:
I hate that I have also had to leave Chrome but I can’t stand the autoplay videos. I want to be able to choose what I want to read and what I want to listen/watch. Will retire Chrome until it is fixed.
The driver of the chrome Google bus may say, “Pipe down or you will be banned.”
Would Google say that to a user?
Stephen E Arnold, September 9, 2020
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