Is there a web video autoplay blocker that works like ad blockers?

For example: if you go to this CNN Money article, they have "autoplay" set to "true" for their CNN player:

http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/07/news/economy/us-treasury-shell-companies/index.html

Has anyone created a browser plugin that works like AdBlocker or UBlock to detect video players that are set to autoplay upon pageload, and force autoplay settings to FALSE?

I recognize there are many different video players, but there are many different ad networks as well. So the list would be long of video player code to look for and modify on the fly.

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mtmail 10y ago ↗

http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ on Firefox blocked the video for me. I see a black area with a play button instead of an auto-playing video.

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sp332 10y ago ↗

Edit: Annoyances aren't the only reason to block Flash. That stuff is still getting people pwned on a regular basis. https://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/adobe-flash-update-...

Plugins give you more options, but you don't necessarily need them for what you asked for. In Firefox's plugins page, you can set Flash to "Ask to activate" which will disable Flash on each page until you enable it.

In Chrome, scroll down and click "Show advanced settings". Under Privacy, click Content Settings and scroll down to Plugins. Change it to "Let me choose when to run plugin content".