I miss the days when, no matter how slow your internet was, if you paused any video and let it buffer long enough, you could watch it uninterrupted
If you use Firefox, you can go to the about:config page, search for "media.mediasource.enabled" and double click on it to set it to false. After you restart Firefox, all youtube videos will load entirely even when paused! This also affects other streaming websites :)
YO IT FUCKING WORKS.
open a new window, literally type the words about:config into the search bar and it'll give you a warning page. Hit yes, you accept the risk. The page'll be blank but there's another bar under your search bar, input the mediasource quote above and double click on the word 'True' to change it to false on that option.
Close firefox, reload.
Beautiful. useful-info-haver I am kissing you gently on the forehead and presenting you with your treat of choice, my sweet. Thank you so much.