[kirinan]

These are the most annoying kind ads. Not only do I have to make sure my sound is off (if they implement it like that), they often times are REALLY loud and annoying. I make it a habit to ignore any company that has these kinds of ad offerings and shop a different brand on principle. Depending on how this is implemented, it could really be the final straw for me with Facebook. When Yahoo implemented those ads where it covered the entire screen and you couldn't click anywhere until that ad was exited, I quit using Yahoo. This would be the same level of annoying for me. There has to be other ways to get peoples attention than video ads with sound. Regular video can be ignored, although can still be distracting and annoying. I really hope they avoid defaulted sound or have a way to shut it off with a setting.

[zaidf]

This is a shitty pattern that news sites(huffpo, espn etc.), especially, have bought into. You open a series of news stories across a half dozen tabs expecting text stories. You get auto-playing videos across tabs accompanying each text news story.

Just for this reason I am for a browser-level default block on auto audio/video playing. Let me unblock it at the domain level(ie. youtube).

[mikegioia]

I had to install flashblock after scrambling to find the source of audio/video on Techcrunch. Ugh.

[Rovanion]

The sad thought that we will have to run HTML5-video-and-audio-block soon enough just hit me.

[philwelch]

Or even just click to play every time. YouTube is much nicer when you can open multiple tabs and not have them start autoplaying in the background.

[stfu]

As a Facebook cynic, I welcome this development. Finally Facebook is introducing some changes, that do not only touch those of "us" with privacy concerns, but contribute to the improvement of the Facebook experience for the whole family.

[waterlesscloud]

Autoplaying video has made me abandon sites I had visited for a long time.

Facebook will not be an exception if they implement them. It's simply unacceptable to me. There is no compromise for me on this topic.