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).