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Honest question, how many of you watch the autoplaying videos on websites ? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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They are one of the most infuriating things for me. But I curious to know why is this a popular pattern in websites. Do people actually stop whatever they were planning to do and watch the video ?

I’ve blocked them on all my devices. But once in a while I see them when I use someone else’s devices and I wonder.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's a Wikipedia page about this phenomenon where advertisers started to prefer video in 2015.

Explains exactly what you're seeing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Also seems like Facebook potentially played a part in their push, driven by faulty data. That's crazy.