i'd argue that perhaps the ability to play audio should be permission gated, much like the ability to use webcam/microphone.

However, I'd bet that many people will gladly allow aliexpress to play audio as there are probably videos on the site that people want to play and listen to.

With that said, its possible that this can be only a use once permission. Even if I want to shop at aliexpress if I know they are doing this, I'll be more willing to be bothered every time I want to play a video with audio to approve it if this bothers me.

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rcruzeiro 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I would actually love if I could have iOS prompt me to allow certain apps to use the speakers. I hate using an app and suddenly have a video autoplay loudly.

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kccqzy an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Inside iOS accessibility settings you can turn off “auto-play video previews.” This blocks perhaps 20% of video autoplay; it’s still better than nothing.

Philosophically I hate silent video autoplays just as much as I hate autoplays with audio. One distracts your visual attention, the other distracts your aural attention, and I don’t quite understand why society has normalized silent video autoplay.

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pavel_lishin 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I wish Android had this as well. There are apps where it's difficult-to-impossible to turn all sound off, and I wish I could just tell my phone that this app is just never allowed to use the speakers.

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voakbasda 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This. This needs to be a thing.

	▲	GJim an hour ago \| parent [-]
		To be fair, it shouldn't need to be a thing. (One should really not tolerate such dodgy software).

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emctech 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The ability to play audio can usually be permission gated with tab muting, however the methods aliexpress use bypass that mechanism completely.

	▲	y-curious 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is the part you should be highlighting aggressively. That’s very uncomfortable