Does this include animated gif?
If yes: then it's annoying.
If no: annoying ads turn into animated gifs.
If yes: then it's annoying.
If no: annoying ads turn into animated gifs.
The options are: "Allow all Auto Play", "Stop Media with Sound" (the default), and "Never Auto Play".
Site authors following the best practices section in the WebKit.org blog should provide a play button for video-backed-gifs when "Never Auto Play" causes automatic playback to block.
I think that comment actually says disabling autoplay on animated gifs would be annoying.
So basically, its a no win move for the consumer.
However, my response would be to that would be: yes its bad if so, and if not, users can hopefully "throttle" its impact on our experience. IE. I would expect that the browser controls the parameters in which the GIF is "played" to maximize performance, or to suit user preference. E.g. Max number of frames, GIF size, looping etc