When comparing Text Blackness vs Iridium, the Slant community recommends Text Blackness for most people. In the question“What are the best Chrome add-ons?” Text Blackness is ranked 33rd while Iridium is ranked 37th. The most important reason people chose Text Blackness is:
Author is transparent about privacy and it’s a Swedish company.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Privacy
Author is transparent about privacy and it’s a Swedish company.
Pro Only need pay once
Doesn’t ask for subscription.
Pro Can adjust how dark you want
You can set it to darken just enough so buttons don’t look too strange.
Pro Can make links darker
It’s actually surprisingly comfortable to read things when light blue links are turned dark blue.
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 No Firefox support
Con Not free
It costs $17.
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.