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Warning: This page will automatically blast audio without asking, potentially ruining whatever you were recording, damaging your ears, waking the baby, annoying the boss, etc.

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I'm with you on this, autoplay is evil. But I'm curious about the "ruining whatever you were recording" part. Why are you clicking random Internet links if you're in the middle of "recording" something (presumably, audio or video)?

Looking up stuff as needed is relatively common for the more free-form podcasts I've listened to in the past. There are also quite a few vlogs out there, a Tesla segment showing site content wouldn't be too surprising.

I assume there are other formats where this comes up too. Podcast-like stuff seems pretty natural tho.

I know it's not your intent, but that comes across like one of those "blaming the victim" questions. But as one example, the host of a podcast could be scanning for relevant discussion material during an interview. Or the user could be capturing the audio from a conference call.

ublock origin w/Safari on OS X blocked the video automatically

I think that's just a Safari feature. Safari > Preferences > Websites > Auto-Play

"Stop Media with Sound"

I personally have all videos blacklisted, and I white list a few sites.

Could be. For me, the video didn't even appear. Just a blank space on the page -- is that a components of this feature?

Or you could browse muted.

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