Enough With the Autoplay Video Ads, Already

Earlier today, in a moment of exasperation, I tweeted this:

Hey there, Internet. Here's a friendly reminder that there's about a 99% chance that nobody likes your automatically playing video ads.

— MJ Schindler (@mjschindler) March 5, 2014

Google's auto-fill evidence suggests that you hate video ads about as much as I do. 

So why do we still live in a world with autoplay video ads if all they do is annoy and harrass potential customers? Autoplay ads are the most hated digital ad tactic. It's time to stop using them

Yes, I'm looking at you, Forbes.com. And I'm not alone! There are dozens of us! Dozens!

@forbes Having video autoplay and cycle through different segments/ads endlessly does not make a great user experience, IMO

— Christine Luc (@christineluc) November 7, 2013

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