If you have a video that autoplays at the top of your article, and I have to scroll past it to read the article, I don’t want it to pop out and scroll down along with me. It blocks the top third of the screen. Who even thinks of that? Why would a person in charge of making decisions say “Oh, yeah, neat. I like the way that works, let’s not change anything.” I don’t want any videos to autoplay at all ever for any reason. If I scroll past it, it should autostop.
Fucking web developers.
Edit: Yes, you’re right, it’s not the fault of web developers. At least, it’s mostly not their fault. They still came up with this shit, but it’s executives and middle managers who demand it.
You can block auto play in Firefox and related browsers FYI (dunno about other browsers off the top of my head). I guarantee you that the web devs that made this also hate it, but the higher ups/marketing dept demanded it. Speaking as a person who has been in web dev for a little over a decade, I hate this shit, but all the pushback will do nothing unless you can find a way that would make the company legally liable.