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The YouTube video on this realty homepage kept showing pause buttons and video titles over the hero. It looked broken on phones.
I swapped it for a 1.7 MB self hosted clip that plays muted, loops, and shows a still photo until it's ready. The phone version is 0.6 MB.
Small fix, but the first five seconds on a homepage decide if people stay. If your hero video looks off on phones, send it my way.
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