[Jyaif]

accurate summary: If you don’t have browsing history, Chrome allows autoplay for over 1,000 sites where we see that the highest percentage of visitors play media with sound. As you browse the web, that list changes as Chrome learns.

[flukus]

Not that this would be surprising, but does that mean chrome is collecting user data?

[Sylos]

When you use Chrome Sync, Google gathers and evaluates your entire browsing history.

You can forego it by enabling end-to-end-encryption, but since they require a second password for that, the percentage of Chrome Sync users who use this, is probably close to 0%.

[kowdermeister]

It always did.