Yes, and not just that … like, making sure to keep the cursor away from the images all the time because hovering over an image immediately plays some trailer including audio.

Generally, playing media elements without explicit triggers by the user is annoying, but this is the worst.

Like, who thought this was a good idea?

Hehe, not just South American, it’s pretty common in Spain, with a variety of spirits … I’ve seen people using Cognac, Anise … all kinds really, some more controversial than others.

They only work with the windows closed, unfortunately … which, depending where you live, means you’d also need AC, which might spike up your electricity bill, etc …

That only works if everyone does it … I don’t use wood fires or coal BBQs and don’t own a car, but all my neighbors do :(

Wow, I always thought Barcelona (where I live) was much worse, turns out it’s just a bit worse … clocking in at 17μg right now … sometimes up to 40, esp. in the Summer.

Hmm good point!

That’s not mutually exclusive with the author’s argument, though.

if a computer vendor offers multiple distributions to choose from, the problem of choice remains.

And if the vendor only offers one option, which one should it be? And how can a user verify that it’s a “good” option?

It’s already being pushed to the Chromium repo, or so it seems:

https://github.com/chromium/chromium/commit/6f47a22906b2899412e79a2727355efa9cc8f5bd