[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 251436] mp4 URLs don't respect Never Auto-Play

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251436

--- Comment #7 from Jeff Johnson <opendarwin at lapcatsoftware.com> ---
(In reply to Eric Carlson from comment #6)
> Fair enough, I should have noted that the behavior was intentional and left
> it open for discussion.
> 
> I will reopen this bug for consideration.

Thank you.

What was the rationale behind the exception granted before? https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157479

>From my perspective, the considerations are as follows:
1. "Never" seems unambiguous.
2) Users don't always know what they're clicking, especially since Show Status Bar is disabled by default.
3) URLs can be opened by other apps.
4) URLs can be opened by redirects.
5) URLs can be opened by window.open().

In short, the user's intentions with regard to autoplay are explicitly revealed by their Preferences/Settings, and video URLs can come to be loaded unintentionally, so the former ought to take precedence over the latter.

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