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?

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?