Aren't userscripts pretty cyberpunk, altering websites to work the way you want them to? Got any personal ones you want to share or userscripts that you recommend?
After hooktube went RIP I got encouraged to write a userscript that works similarly, but without the need for a web server. See pic related for how a youtube page looks with the script (clicking on Lain downloads the video with the video title as the filename and the small + sign stretches the video to fit the screen). The script basically removes the bloat/tracking on youtube pages and then fetches the direct video links and puts the in the standard HTML5 video player. The only video type that it doesn't support in my knowledge are paid videos, but it gives you the option to watch the preview for it. It currently supports the following kinds of youtube videos:
>regular ones
>ciphered ones (videos with copyrighted music, vevo shit etc)
>age restricted videos
>videos flagged for "offensive content"
>geo restricted videos (uses a proxy to bypass)
>livestreams
>unlisted videos
The userscript only supports Tampermonkey out of the box, but you can manually make it compatible with both Greasemonkey, Violentmonkey or any other userscripts managers (remove the GM_download sections, fix the GM commands to use the equivalents and change the GM.getValue commands to use the structure of the userscript manager you use). There's two versions of the userscript, one for max 360p and one for max 720p and a companion userscript for 8chan is also available, which edits all youtube and hooktube embeds/links to work with the userscript.
Download:
FuckJewTube (max 720p) - https://vdn.neocities.org/MISC/JS/FuckJewTube.user.js
FuckJewTubeSlowPokeEdition (max 360p) - https://vdn.neocities.org/MISC/JS/FuckJewTubeSlowPokeEdition.user.js
FuckJewTube8chan - https://vdn.neocities.org/MISC/JS/FuckJewTubeRedChannit.user.js