Bandwidth Saver for YouTube™

Automatically set YouTube™ quality to lowest possible for each video to save bandwidth for slow connections and/or small datacaps.
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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-09-07 due to Chrome Web Store policy violation
By: E. White
Users: N/A
Rating: 3.15 (13)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2015-02-12)
Creation date: 2015-02-12
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • http://*.youtube.com/*
Size: 226.30K

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Simple extension that will automatically set YouTube™ video quality to the lowest available for each video in order to save bandwidth on slow connections and/or for those users with small data caps. After the video is set to its lowest quality you can override the setting manually and the extension will only activate again when the next video is played.

User reviews

Doesn't work anymore
by Lurleen Straigton, 2021-04-18
Meaningful Feature!
by ImprovedTube for YouTube, 2018-11-02
не работает
by Aleksei Ananich, 2018-08-29
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Bandwidth Saver for YouTube™ requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Bandwidth Saver for YouTube™ is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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