As far as I’m concerned, autoplay should be illegal. It adds absolutely nothing of value to people’s lives, and basically robs billions of hours from users who are too tired, stressed, or depressed to resist.

This is a vicious cycle, of course, and the more videos you watch, the more exhausted and trapped you become. Streaming services like Netflix and YouTube are becoming more addictive than heroin, and I shudder to think of all the exponentially more meaningful life experiences (sex, creativity, etc) that are being left under sofa cushions around the world to die a dusty, dark death.