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What are the ways to get FireFox (or another browser) to play YouTube videos, rather than open the app? Of those, are there any that work on a relatively low-end phone ?

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    If it opens in the YouTube app by default go to Settings > Apps > YouTube > Clear Defaults and next YouTube link you select it will ask what to use to open it.
    – RossC
    Sep 9, 2014 at 8:54
  • it used to give me options (youtube and tubemate). But not a 'native' option
    – josinalvo
    Sep 9, 2014 at 13:54
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    as it turned out, for some reason, requesting the desktop site did the trick
    – josinalvo
    Sep 9, 2014 at 13:55

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You need to clear the default setting to open YouTube videos in the app.

Go to settings -> Apps -> YouTube -> Defaults -> Clear defaults

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You can use any browser that supports streaming. You type in the address bar or Google search for YouTube. Tap on the link for YouTube. Then search for your video(s). There maybe some buffering issues on low-end/legacy devices. You can change the quality of the stream (ie. 240, 480, 720p). Aside from that, make sure all background processes are shut down and you don't have any other running apps.

As to which one works best, that would be an opinion and not correct forum for this. Although I just use stock Android browser.

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