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If the alternatives don't use a Firefox user-agent, it'll also have the same effect in reducing the amount of Firefox traffic in their logs.

When you stream a video from Google servers through the Invidious frontend and you use Firefox, the user-agent that gets reported to googlevideo.com (the domain that the requests for YouTube video streams are sent to) is Firefox. You can easily verify that yourself, go to an Invidious instance using Firefox, make sure to disable 'Proxy videos' in the Invidious settings, open the Developer Tools, go the Network tab and load a video. Click on any request to *.googlevideo.com and look at the user-agent, you can see, it's a Firefox user-agent. This thread explains how the slowdown is introduced in YouTube JavaScript:

Using Invidious avoids this.

Because I use Vim Keybindings in LibreWolf through Tridactyl, I actually can't use j, k and l for -10s, play/pause and +10s lol

Every single word that comes out of Elon's mouth is a big fat fucking lie. I don't understand how people can still trust that guy with anything.

YouTube doesn't actually throttle the video stream on the server, they just use some JavaScript on their official website that adds delay to the playback when Firefox is detected. The Invidious client directly connects to Google servers for video streaming, but it just displays the raw video stream without any ads, artificial delay or any crap like that.

Use LibreWolf, it's essentially Firefox on steroids. It removes all the bloat like Pocket or Sponsored sites, it adds significant privacy benefits and comes with uBlock Origin preinstalled.

How brain dead are you? Microsoft: YES

Pi-Hole can't block YouTube ads. Use LibreWolf with uBlock Origin, it works like a dream. Or try alternative frontends for YouTube like Invidious or Piped. These are even better when combined with LibRedirect, it automatically redirects all YouTube links to your preferred alternative frontend.

I'm glad you like Piped and LibRedirect.

Btw, check out this guide to bypass any website block. It utilizes Cloudflare to create a proxy, it works really well, I love this solution.

LibreTube is another option for Android. On iOS you can use Yattee with this guide.

Invidious and Piped work in the browser, you can combine them with LibRedirect to automatically redirect all YouTube links. LibRedirect is great, you can also use it to redirect other websites, e.g. Twitter -> Nitter, Reddit -> Teddit, etc.

Bot, you are useless in this case

First thing that comes to mind is user agent spoofer.

If we all go ahead and spoof our user agents to Chrome, Google will say 'No one uses Firefox'. Use better solutions like Invidious and Piped in combination wit LibRedirect instead.

You can exclude https://youtube.com/ in the LibRedirect settings. For some reason that doesn't seem to work though, but you can always click on the LibRedirect icon in the extension toolbar and hit 'Redirect to Original'. You can also set up a keybinding for that.

Fuck Google

Use Invidious or Piped to bypass the ads, tracking as well as the slow down. You can combine it with LibRedirect to automatically redirect all YouTube links to Invidious or Piped. Works like a dream. Another option is FreeTube, it's a desktop client for YouTube that can also use the Invidious API.

This reminds me of Elon Musk when he started artificially slowing down links to websites he doesn't like... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/

Use Piped or Invidious, it also bypasses ads and tracking. It works best in combination with LibRedirect, which you can configure to automatically redirect all YouTube links to Piped or Invidious.

Use Invidious or Piped in combination with LibRedirect, that will solve the issue

Yeah, that's because your phone is rooted. By default you can't get root on GrapheneOS so it should work there.

GrapheneOS is built to work with a locked bootloader, in fact, relocking the bootloader is a step in the installation guide. It's not rooted by default and the GOS team highly recommends against rooting, all apps should work as long as they only require SafetyNet basic integrity. If they require full integrity, they won't work on GrapheneOS because the OS has to be manually whitelisted by Google in order to pass the full integrity check. Most apps (including banking or government apps) only mandate basic integrity though, full integrity is rarely required. It should definitely work better than LineageOS.

Google hardware actually gives you the most freedom, no other Android phone allows you to install a custom operating system, relock the bootloader and use Android Verified Boot, which is a fundamental part of the Android security model, with a custom signing key defined by the custom OS. It also includes the Titan M2 secure element which gives you great security through features like Android StrongBox, the Weaver API and it even has Insider Attack Resistance meaning Google, even if they get a court order to do so, can't comprise the Titan M. Firmware can only be loaded to the chip after proper user authentication. Yes, it's a little ironic, but Google hardware gives you the most freedom over your device.

Don't even get me started on the flaws with Apple, their walled garden and the App Store

It's the reason I left the Apple ecosystem and switched to a far superior operating system that actually respects the user and gives them freedom over their devices. GrapheneOS is awesome!