Because they increase usage of the apps. People just doom scroll and keep playing.
It’s a horrible thing IMO
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CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Why do short videos have to loop automatically with no way to turn it off? Who the hell decided that was a good idea and why has every other app followed suit?
I especially hate the ones designed to loop because they think it’s “so clever”.
“Never play with liquid mercury
It’s really bad for your health and shit
That’s why you should…”
🤮
Scrollone@feddit.it 8 months ago
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You can doom scroll without the current video looping, though.
Resol@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Instagram does it automatically for you now with no way to permanently turn it off.
This is the thing that made me delete the app after years of consideration.
MBM@lemmings.world 8 months ago
It’s like the darkest pattern. Making it so that quitting has to be a conscious choice. I see why amoral companies would use it, don’t know why FOSS would too.