Ask HN: How do you deal with sites auto-playing ads/videos with sound?

5 points by hvass 9y ago ↗ HN

I would deal argue that the most annoying thing about publishers online is this recent tendency of auto-playing videos--and now it seems to be always with sound! Is there a Chrome plugin that deals with this?(It's not always ads so I am excluding AdBlock here.)

And I read recently Facebook will be 'sound on' going forward for autoplay so I'd love to hear your suggestions.

Thanks!

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troydavis 9y ago ↗

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disable-html5-auto... solves the problem thoroughly for Chrome.

mindcrime 9y ago ↗

Thanks for pointing that out. Installed, and looking forward to much less annoying web experience.

hvass 9y ago ↗

Installed! Thank you!

mindcrime 9y ago ↗

I mostly deal with it by yelling, screaming, cursing, throwing things, and threatening (in a non-specific and non-literal way) to "kill the motherfucker that made this site".

And then I think about installing an ad-blocker for 2 or 3 minutes, but usually by then I've calmed down and I just go on with whatever it was I was doing to begin with. Lather, rinse, repeat.

owebmaster 9y ago ↗

I get pissed and close the tab. I always regret visit CNN.