krautnapped , 2 days ago

@dansup @pixelfed I'm fine with autoplay on by default, but automute should be a thing. Even the video demo nearly made me do a spit-take.

If I want to listen to something, I can click on a sound button to listen to it.

ern , 2 days ago

@dansup @pixelfed Any news on when iOS version is submitted to either TestFlight or App Store ? Long time beta tester here, just trying to keep up with the latest :)

rafe , 2 days ago

@dansup @pixelfed Came to request that this be off by default but it seems you already addressed this request. Thanks for being awesome!

reillypascal , 3 days ago

@dansup would really prefer it didn't. I find autoplaying immensely annoying, and I always turn it off

grishka , 3 days ago

Why? The only purpose of video autoplay in commercial social media apps is to inflate metrics. No user ever asked for it.

Also autoplay with sound? That's just not something that should be done. Ever. If muted autoplay is only mildly annoying because you have to unmute each video you'd like to watch and miss several seconds of audio, this is outright malicious, it startles people and wakes up their partners.

dansup OP , 3 days ago

@grishka I find it handy but I will disable it for now.

grishka , 3 days ago

dansup, yeah just make it off by default

anathem , 2 days ago

@dansup @grishka For the audio, I'd go with the imgur approach: Muted by default (per "browsing session"), but as soon as you enable audio on any video, every video you scroll into view starts with audio. Until you mute any video again.

But yeah, a general bandwidth saving option (no preloading, load low-res thumbnails only, load hi-res images/video only once one clicks through) would be nice. There are still people trävelling with Deutsche Bahn. ;)