We only like audio or video on a page when the point of the page is audio or video. Youtube. Conference slides. Podcasts.
And even then I have a bad habit, in part due to multiple monitors, of trying to mix tabs and windows and sometimes I cannot for the life of me locate the tab that is playing when someone needs me for something. I may need a new rule about where such tabs need to live (separate window, one monitor, virtual desktop, something).
What would be nice is to be able to grant temporary notifications. Probably 20% of the time I'm not keen on granting permanent rights to some web page to ping me but I might be okay with doing so until I close the tab or the browser restarts.
And even then I have a bad habit, in part due to multiple monitors, of trying to mix tabs and windows and sometimes I cannot for the life of me locate the tab that is playing when someone needs me for something. I may need a new rule about where such tabs need to live (separate window, one monitor, virtual desktop, something).