I can get behind this... as long as it's optional, of course.
I'd hate to autorun off a platform during a savage... again.

Reminder to anyone else reading this that modifiers exist and they are your friend! And if you are a KBM player with a numpad and you aren't making use of it, you're missing out on 10+ keys you could be using for less important stuff like your mount, autorun, etc.
I have my sprint bound to the button to the left of 1 (º) and my mount bound to the button to the left of Z (<) and it works fine for me. You can also bind menus and other stuff you'd use when it's not very urgent on buttons you normally can't reach like the buttons to the right of 0.

You can also trigger autorun by opening the chat while walking, but it's finnicky and doesn't always like to cooperate...

As for console players, godspeed my friends... you are stronger than I could ever be lol