Mozilla Automation TeamScott DeVaneyAug 20, 20265 min readintro

YouTube your way — browser extensions put you in charge of your video experience

Summary

The Mozilla blog post lists several Firefox extensions that let users customize YouTube’s UI, playback, and ad experience. It briefly describes each add‑on’s main features but offers no technical implementation details.

Enhancer for YouTube bundles player resizing, dark theme, volume boost, ad blocking, screenshot, speed and quality controls under the video.
Return YouTube Dislike restores dislike counts that YouTube removed.
SponsorBlock skips crowdsourced sponsor segments by querying a public database.
Unhook removes recommended videos, comments, and other UI distractions for a cleaner feed.

Firefox users who watch YouTube and want more control over the interface, ads, and playback should know these extensions exist.

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