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compsciphdtoday at 10:53 AM3 repliesview on HN

i'd argue that perhaps the ability to play audio should be permission gated, much like the ability to use webcam/microphone.

However, I'd bet that many people will gladly allow aliexpress to play audio as there are probably videos on the site that people want to play and listen to.

With that said, its possible that this can be only a use once permission. Even if I want to shop at aliexpress if I know they are doing this, I'll be more willing to be bothered every time I want to play a video with audio to approve it if this bothers me.


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throw101010today at 8:21 PM

Firefox allows to Block "Audio and Video" (or "Only Audio") from auto playing per domain, including on Mobile.

rcruzeirotoday at 12:17 PM

I would actually love if I could have iOS prompt me to allow certain apps to use the speakers. I hate using an app and suddenly have a video autoplay loudly.

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emctechtoday at 10:57 AM

The ability to play audio can usually be permission gated with tab muting, however the methods aliexpress use bypass that mechanism completely.

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