It speeds up YouTube by 50% by modified configs, removed Shorts button and others.
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// ==UserScript==
// @license MIT
// @name YouTube Web Tweaks
// @version 1.0.0
// @description It speeds up YouTube by 50% by modified configs, removed Shorts button and others.
// @author Magma_Craft
// @match https://www.youtube.com/*
// @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=youtube.com
// @run-at document-start
// @namespace https://greasyfork.org/en/users/933798
// ==/UserScript==
// yt config edits
(function() {
window['yt'] = window['yt'] || {};
yt['config_'] = yt.config_ || {};
yt.config_['EXPERIMENT_FLAGS'] = yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS || {};
var iv = setInterval(function() {
//probably for m.youtube.com
yt.config_.IS_TABLET = true;
//dk what is this
yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.polymer_verifiy_app_state = false;
//disables the "warm loading" thingy, ie the red bar when loading, letting the page load completely fresh every single time
//yt.config_.DISABLE_WARM_LOADS = true;
//yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.warm_load_nav_start_web = false;
yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.kevlar_player_response_swf_config_wrapper_killswitch = false;
//yt.config_.WEB_PLAYER_CONTEXT_CONFIGS.WEB_PLAYER_CONTEXT_CONFIG_ID_KEVLAR_WATCH.playerStyle = "blazer";
yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.desktop_player_touch_gestures = false;
//loads images faster damnit
yt.config_.DISABLE_YT_IMG_DELAY_LOADING = true;
}, 1);
var to = setTimeout(function() {
clearInterval(iv);
}, 1000)
})();
// remove shorts button
window.setTimeout(
function check() {
if (document.querySelector('[title="Shorts"]')) {
shorts();
}
window.setTimeout(check, 250);
}, 250
);
function shorts() {
var node = document.querySelector('[title="Shorts"]');
node.style.display = "none";
}
// remove the "Video paused. Continue watching?" popup
var interval = setInterval(function() {
window.wrappedJSObject._lact = Date.now();
}, 300000);
// remove Download button on watch
(function() {
'use strict';
const style = document.createElement('style');
style.type = 'text/css';
style.innerText = 'ytd-menu-service-item-download-renderer{display:none;}';
document.head.appendChild(style);
})();
(function() {
'use strict';
const style = document.createElement('style');
style.type = 'text/css';
style.innerText = 'ytd-download-button-renderer{display:none;}';
document.head.appendChild(style);
})();