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09-16-2017, 11:03 PM
The future of obnoxiously loud autoplay videos is in doubt
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Google, however, has decided to do something about that. Starting in early 2018 will block autoplay video (http://mashable.com/2017/09/15/google-chrome-autoplay-videos-sound/) with sound on its popular Chrome browser.*
But what does this mean for the internet ecosystem as a whole? Google is an advertising company, so why would it take a stand against any type of ad? Could Edge, Safari, and Firefox soon follow suit, and how will this move affect surfing the information superhighway (yup) on our smartphones?* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/09/15/autoplay-video-in-doubt/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Google, however, has decided to do something about that. Starting in early 2018 will block autoplay video (http://mashable.com/2017/09/15/google-chrome-autoplay-videos-sound/) with sound on its popular Chrome browser.*
But what does this mean for the internet ecosystem as a whole? Google is an advertising company, so why would it take a stand against any type of ad? Could Edge, Safari, and Firefox soon follow suit, and how will this move affect surfing the information superhighway (yup) on our smartphones?* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/09/15/autoplay-video-in-doubt/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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