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by archargelod 491 days ago
For youtube there is a "YouTube no Buffer"[0] extension that does precisely this - stops videos from autoplaying and buffering when you open a link.

I have this plugin, Leechblock and ublock filters (blocking any mention of shorts from the site) to make yt less addicting. And it kinda works.

0 - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-no-bu...