@mcc I usually move my mouse to my second screen for exactly this reason.

@mcc I have done this forever now where I position my mouse in a spot where I can scroll as long as possible without triggering the autoplay. It is so frustrating to have videos just start that I haven’t told YouTube that I am thalli want to watch it.
It’s right up there with how on Apple TV Netflix will autoplay the trailer of something as you move the cursor and to make it worse it has sound. I find myself constantly swiping to keep the cursor moving to keep this from happening.

@mcc i use a browser extension that hides my youtube home page entirely

it's called unhook

https://unhook.app/

@mcc I constantly do this on so many video websites these days. Even ones where I've been able to disable the auto-play because I just assume a hostile environment. :sigh:

@mcc

I run it along the outside edges of the main area ... More to eliminate the accidental track pad tap when I stop or start scrolling, but the autoplay is annoying too. I don't mind it on wifi, but I don't want it when using mobile data

@mcc oh I do this every day, it's so annoying

@mcc I absolutely do this. I keep the cursor allll the way to the right.

@mcc I do this literally all the time. Dodging the random autoplay previews is a QoL enhancement I don't want to give up.

There are also small safe gutters on the sides, but go too far and it won't scroll any more.

@mcc Same! I hate it! 😬