Apart from Youtube, I haven't encountered any website force autoplaying videos. Maybe that's because of the filter list set in my adblock.
That includes sites which use animated gifs in order to simulate playing a silent video, to trick you into clicking on it.
Now that's just dirty play.
I was indeed getting the vibes of reading this article. Setting aside the topic of the website, I enjoy reading articles explaining stuff with this type of humour. Sadly I wouldn't be able to ask ChatGPT to write me one that would leave me with the same satisfaction as this one.