On: “autocomplete=off is ignored on non-login input el...

[CodeWriter23]

"We announced during the Chrome Dev Summit in 2015 that when Autofill is enabled we see 25% more forms submitted than when it's disabled [3]."

In other words, 25% more users will make it to the next stage of your conversion funnel if autofill is permitted.

[Animats → CodeWriter23]

That's a reason to turn on autocomplete in your signup form, not to force it on in the browser.

[CodeWriter23 → Animats]

That would be a negative user experience, given the prevalence of legacy forms on the web. Example: "Why does this autocomplete feature fail most of the time?"

[notatoad → CodeWriter23]

"and of you're using a form for something other than a conversion funnel, well screw you"