Faster YouTube in Firefox
This solution was actually pushed by Mozilla program manager Chris Peterson on Twitter who was one of the first to notice the speed issue. He recommends installing the YouTube Classic extension to Firefox. Simply load it up and the next time you head to YouTube you should notice it loads much faster. However, you’ll miss out on the new page design and no longer have a dark theme that you can turn on. But if you just want better performance, and aren’t worried about aesthetics, this gets the job done nicely.
Faster YouTube in Microsoft Edge
While Microsoft Edge doesn’t have the abundance of extensions the other browsers have, there is a solution for slow YouTube. However, it does take more work and isn’t as simple. First, install Tapermonkey extension from Microsoft Store.
Now that Tapermonkey is installed, you need to download the YouTube Restore Classic user script. Once you download it you will need to open it with a text editor like Notepad. Then copy and paste the code into the Tapermonkey extension and click File > Save.
Just like with Firefox, you will notice YouTube will load much more quickly than it did before. However, you won’t have access to the new design which includes the dark theme. If you want to get the new design again, just turn off the Tapermonkey script.
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