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by lostgame 1858 days ago
Guys, I didn't mean the music itself was terrible, I meant the fact that music was included to be auto-on to start in web content produced post-2002...

I would have personally put the audio as off by default, with the little icon to set it to on. :)

I am fully aware what the DOOM soundtrack sounds like an my complaint is that there is audio at all - especially on by default - and that it reminds me of those awful websites from the 90's that did this.

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I get your point - it was way too loud initially and would quickly get annoying after the second or third time if it was being used as an actual captcha.

That said, the music is what really sold it for me. How better to perfectly highlight the absurdity of proving your humanity by going on a virtual demon-slaying spree than dropping you right in the middle of a retro 90s metal cacophony!

Are there any browsers which prevent auto-starting of music/sounds or extensions that do such?