does the author just have a problem with "autoplay" vs the user clicking on the videos?
i had to read over halfway just to find out what the google exec said. here is the quote of contention, i think
"“I’m not saying that a user couldn’t click on one of those videos that are quote-unquote more extreme, consume that and then get another set of recommendations and sort of keep moving in one path or the other. All I’m saying is that it’s not inevitable.”"