[dredmorbius]

I've taken to identifying the VPO (video platform organization) and their hosts, and adding them to my /etc/hosts blocklist.

https://plus.google.com/104092656004159577193/posts/QZ1vdpwB...

These will catch most of them:

    0.0.0.0                 www.autofixinfo.com     # Autoplay video
    0.0.0.0                 c.brightcove.com        # Autoplay video
    0.0.0.0                 player.theplatform.com  # Autoplay video
    0.0.0.0                 link.theplatform.com    # Autoplay video
    0.0.0.0                 ci-2862d2c8d6-68f418d2.http.atlas.cdn.yimg.com  # Autoplay video

If you must watch the vids, downloading via yt-download (from another host or vm not using that hosts file) frequently works.

[alphapapa]

Why not use NoScript and/or RequestPolicy instead? That way, all such sites are blocked by default, and you can temporarily or permanently enable individual ones with a couple of clicks.

[dredmorbius]

I do, but they don't work on all sites in all situations.

I find communicating to VPO's that I'll block them for this shit, and advertising this fact and methods, might have some positive effect.

There are a small number of video providers for all the usual 80/20 rules. A half dozen or so nails virtually everything frequently used.

And very little video is even worth viewing.