I'm looking for a PaleMoon extension that automatically redirects desktop youtube links to the less bloated m.youtube.com. Do you have any recommendations?

Thanks in advance

I can do some digging.  Don't have any offhand.

But do note, removing the bloat isn't the entire issue.

Mobile YouTube sends a different codec so that the streaming data is friendlier to your mobile data plan.

But that mobile codec is harder on your CPU.

Extensions that play 30FPS videos instead of 60FPS videos has seemed to be more effective in my experience as far as YouTube "bloat".

MTube

You don't need anykind of extension/addon for that, Pale Moon already supported this by default by using about:config and add:

 

general.useragent.override.m.youtube.com -> Opera/12.02 (Android 4.1; Linux; Opera Mobi/ADR-1111101157; U; en-US) Presto/2.9.201 Version/12.02[/CODE]

If you want to force Youtube Desktop:

general.useragent.override.www.youtube.com -> Opera/12.02 (Android 4.1; Linux; Opera Mobi/ADR-1111101157; U; en-US) Presto/2.9.201 Version/12.02

 

If you want to use MPV to watch Youtube, read this thread: https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&p=237706#p237631

Video: https://streamable.com/4zztn3

Edited March 17, 20233 yr by OutlawHusbando

The extension always forces the mobile layout as well as the suggested user agent. I personally like the idea of having a normal GUI for it, so I coded a user script a while back that lets you choose the layout when you're on the site. I don't really use it though, was just something I coded for the sake of coding something that I thought I could do.

https://gist.github.com/UCyborg/754fe319866a7f126ec1d074ed922b37/raw/YouTube_layout_config.user.js

I think they were discussing some usability tweaks for the mobile site a while back on Pale Moon forum. Didn't really look into it since I tend to stick with normal desktop site.

https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=29248

YouTube Mobile for desktop userscript