YouTube.js

There is a javascript library for interfacing with Youtube's API directly. It can also run on browsers. Using this, it's pretty easy to create a simple extension that replaces the default video player with your own. You can do a lot to improve your experience this way. I've made one which allows for higher quality streaming, pre-buffering video in the background, more subtitling options, etc... [2] [3]. [1] https://github.com/LuanRT/YouTube.js [2] https://github.com/Andrews54757/FastStream [3] Chrome (also available for Firefox): https://chromewebstore.google.com/u/1/detail/faststream-vide...