Are there any drawbacks to making an html5 audio player invisible?

HTML & CSS
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Are there any drawbacks to making an html5 audio player invisible? Does that mean, there’s no width or height of it.

Also, if it’s invisible, where exactly is it on the page?

<audio autoplay>
  <source src="http://162.213.197.50/;" type="audio/mp3">
</audio>
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Try Google’s A/B Testing and monitor the results.

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What’s Google A/B?

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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What's+Google+A%2FB%3F

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I still don’t have a clue.

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The only way to stop an invisible audio player from playing is to close the page.

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Also be aware that autoplay was actually added to HTML5 by the devil, so that he’d have an excuse to drag more people down to hell at the end of their lives. (He does things like that.)

So don’t say you weren’t warned when you feel that red hot pitchfork prodding your butt. :fire:

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An old article, but still relevant:

http://completeusability.com/regrettable-background-music/

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