Extra click?

Why does it require an extra click to get the video to play? One click to activate the overlay, one more click on the youtube button before the video actually plays.

Is there any way to:
a) have the video play in the gallery with one click?
b) not have to click twice on a video page to get a video to start playing?

YouTube does not count autoplay views into the view count, so would like to have it work with as few clicks as possible, and without using autoplay.

Thanks!

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