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"Like all software updates lately, the switch happened and there’s nothing you can do about it."


There are YT UI extensions allowing you to play only 30fps, force h.264 encoder etc.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/improve-youtube-op...

Default fixed Video Quality to always match your Screen and bandwidth: always 720p, 1080p, 4k, 8k ? Or simply 480p, 240p? avoid 60 frames (vs. 30 fps)?

H264 codec (h264ify to speed up Player / save CPU electricity. H.264 encoding is fast, efficient in GPUs built before 2016 without VP8 VP9 )




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