audreyh1
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Over the past few months, it seems like every last news/article website has added videos that automatically play when you load their page, AND when you scroll down past the inline video it gets sent over to a floating viewer that adjusts to stay within your view and continues to play. So you have to stop what you're reading and go stop it. But on some sites they're playing ads before whatever content they insist on playing, and don't let you stop the video until the ad is done. Grrrrr! It's so annoying and infuriating that I often leave the page before I read the article, but more and more sites are adopting this unfriendly user experience! It's amazing how quickly these sites "upgrade" to look and act just like other sites, so the annoying stuff spreads quickly.
Back in the old days you used to be able to click on a link and read an article! I want to read, not watch!
Today I was reminded that Safari has a reader mode button (next to the URL on certain sites) that will cut that stuff out. Yes!
A new version of Safari was announced that will let you stop the video autoplay madness, but I don't know when that will come out, or if you have to upgrade your OS to get it.
Back in the old days you used to be able to click on a link and read an article! I want to read, not watch!
Today I was reminded that Safari has a reader mode button (next to the URL on certain sites) that will cut that stuff out. Yes!
A new version of Safari was announced that will let you stop the video autoplay madness, but I don't know when that will come out, or if you have to upgrade your OS to get it.
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