When comparing Dark Reader vs Iridium, the Slant community recommends Dark Reader for most people. In the question“What are the best Firefox add-ons?” Dark Reader is ranked 8th while Iridium is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Dark Reader is:
There are so many ways to customize to your liking, such as, brightness/contrast, sepia/grayscale, font choices, and my favorite "Experimental theme engine" setting that analyzes each site to give the best dark mode option.
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Pros
Pro Customization options
There are so many ways to customize to your liking, such as, brightness/contrast, sepia/grayscale, font choices, and my favorite "Experimental theme engine" setting that analyzes each site to give the best dark mode option.
Pro The developer particlecore is a respected github open source programmer and he presents all the functionality for free
Keeps up with updating bugs regularly. Always comments on 'issues' on git.
Pro Lightweight youtube.com enhancer and user experience editor
It does not overwhelm you with too many options, so you do not have difficulty choosing or having to try loads of different setups to get it just right. However the most important features are there.
Pro The extensions from the chrome store is also available on firefox & waterfox
If using a script manager it is usable across a whole range of browsers. There is a free script available to be used in browser script managers like ''Tampermonkey" which includes all functions of the addon through the script injections.
Cons
Con Very slow
Con Doesn't work on all websites
Con Iridium is currently on hold
The current build includes a bug which seems to break youtube functionality. However after a bit of searching, a solution can be found. Posted here to help others who might be debugging all their extensions for youtube not loading videos.
The solution for many seems to be to keep the autoplay function within Iridium settings ON.
Now your videos will most likely load and play again like they should.