Disable the Inline Playback feature ("keep hovering to play") on YouTube even when logged out
< Feedback on YouTube - Disable Inline Playback ("Keep hovering to play")
Does not work on Firefox using Violentmonkey (according to another comment it's been broken for a bit, and they had instructions to fix, but script seems abandoned) Sadly the website reverts the change whenever you clean the history (you should be doing that often for security if nothing else). I have found an alternative tho that actually works if you have an ad blocker (tried to simply edit old post/review to add the alternative for others who view it but was not allowed). My solution blocks other annoyances, but you can probably filter out just the ones you need if you want.
www.youtube.com##.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-loading-preview-renderer
www.youtube.com##.ytd-video-preview
www.youtube.com##.ytp-ce-covering-overlay
www.youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element
www.youtube.com##.ytp-cards
www.youtube.com##.ytp-cards-teaser
www.youtube.com##.ytp-cards-button-icon
Simply add those to the filter list and the problem will stop (working with uBlock Origin)
Does not work on Firefox using Violentmonkey (according to another comment it's been broken for a bit) and sadly the website reverts the change whenever you clean the history. Looking for alternative now sadly :(