Autoplay might not be as grating as autotune, but it sure is annoying. Social networks have been quick to add the so-called feature to their offerings, but it’s not always welcome. On mobile, the ...

If you hate autoplay videos, you are far, far from alone. Surveys over the years have discovered that as much as 90% of people find them to be annoying, particularly when they're ads. And why wouldn't ...

Every day, new videos beam onto your smartphone that you probably didn’t expect (or want) to watch. Certain services, like TikTok, Instagram, and X, are entirely based on autoplaying videos as soon as ...

Auto-play (videos that begin playing as soon as they're highlighted, moused-over, etc.) has been a "feature" across multiple platforms and services for quite some time, and the typical response is ...

Late last year Amazon added fullscreen, autoplay video ads on Fire TV devices and, now, the company is toning those down just a little bit. Autoplay ads on Fire TV first started showing up in November ...

The web is in a dark place, as I plan to examine in the next several columns. If you need proof, look no further than autoplay videos, the first example. Autoplay videos have become prominent on ...

Auto-play video ads are coming to Facebook "later this year" and not even CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks they're a good idea. The CEO has delayed the project in the attempts of creating something that won ...