We have to keep using GIF because of Apple’s policy in Safari. Safari will auto play gifs, but is much more picky about autoplaying mp4. The majority of internet users base their entire attention and decisions on video, and if you don’t autolay video for them, they will quickly switch back to instagram or TikTok. This is the cold reality.
And in MP4, smaller, longer and with sound. Tell me why are we still using GIFs ? 1990s called and asked for their technology back! 😂😂😂
https://v.nostr.build/EVdYNTVplfz3U3iS.mp4 nostr:note13tz6rl0kawkmkagd3arm5j47vxxns5dg9wj4vs6hchw50vr42qdq93edwq
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That’s fud, auto play was restricted by Chromium and the most adopted it. Autoplay of video is easy, mute it and it’ll work on 97% of browsers in the wild.
Remember all the pop-ups back in the day with 5-20 new windows loading and the little one the size of two sprites was the one with the porno music you couldn't find.
Some Nostr clients allow you to choose if you want to auto play vids or not but not sure about "animations."
Myself I'm not a fan of auto play and shut it off everything if I can.
