On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 00:44:06 -0500, e...@gmx.us wrote: > On 12/12/24 00:28, David Christensen wrote: > > > > I have installed the NoScript extension in Firefox. I typically enable only > > enough JavaScript to get a site working. YouTube recently changed their > > site such that videos stall after about a minute if google.com is blocked. > > When I enabled google.com, Firefox became very sluggish. > > Hmm I have Firefox with Noscript and watch a fair amount of Youtube. > google.com does not get to run JS and I've noticed no ill effects. > Ghostery's blocking 7 things on that site (it says) and most of them have > "Google" in the name. Perhaps that's the difference? There's also > "Adblocker for Youtube™".
I normally watch Youtube videos in Google Chrome. My experience is that everything works well except certain live streams -- these will consume more and more memory until the tab "crashes" with a "something went wrong" message, and a Reload button. Pressing the Reload button reconnects to the live stream and then the cycle repeats. Premieres and regular videos aren't an issue. Just live streams. And I'm not sure if it's all of them, or some of them.
