How to make YouTube five times faster if you don’t use Chrome
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Google launched a new YouTube design nearly a year ago, but if you’ve been using Edge, Safari, or Firefox then you’ve probably wondered why YouTube is loading so slowly. Mozilla program manager Chris Peterson has highlighted the issue this week, and it’s not your alternative browser that’s to blame. Google’s redesign still relies on a deprecated shadow API that’s only implemented in Chrome, making other browsers render YouTube five times slower.It’s the latest case of Google building and tuning its web services so they work better or only work in the company’s Chrome browser. Google Meet, Allo, YouTube TV, Google Earth, and YouTube Studio Beta have all blocked Microsoft Edge in the past, and Google Meet, Google Earth, and YouTube TV…
GOOGLE COULD FIX THE YOUTUBE LOADING ISSUES
While YouTube still works on non-Chrome browsers, it often loads far slower while you wait for the page elements to fill. It’s a daily problem that makes you think your internet connection is slow or your browser is broken. YouTube also encourages users to download and install Chrome with various pop-up notifications, and if you do then you’ll notice YouTube will load instantly. Google could update YouTube to use Polymer 2.0 or even 3.0 which both support the deprecated API, but the company has decided to stick to using Polymer 1.0 that was originally released in 2015. It’s an odd decision, especially when you consider that Polymer is an open-source JavaScript library that is developed by Google Chrome engineers.
Thankfully, there’s a way to force YouTube back to the old redesign and avoid the slow loading issues on non-Chrome browsers. Reverting back will mean you’ll lose the updated design and the dark mode feature in YouTube, though. Firefox users can download a YouTube classic extension to force the site to load properly, while Safari and Edge users will need to use a custom Tampermonkey user script to get the classic design.
EDGE USERS:Download Tampermonkey for Edge from the Microsoft StoreEnable Tampermonkey in settings > extensions within EdgeDownload this user script to force YouTube to the classic modeSAFARI USERS:Download Tampermonkey for SafariSafari will prompt you to Trust or Cancel the installation to enable TampermonkeyDownload this user script to force YouTube to the classic mode.

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