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The youtube video player API sucks, is there a way to force my android's firefox to play youtube videos using it's native player?

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Currently, this is what youtube videos look like on my android tablet:

I noticed when I watch watching a local mp4 video in my firefox browser on the adroid tablet, it has a completely different player:

My question is:

Is there a way to force all players, or at least youtube, to play videos using this version of the browser's built-in mp4 player?

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Currently, this is what youtube videos look like on my android tablet: **http://i.imgur.com/sCOyrYBh.jpg **http://i.imgur.com/6U6sIRdh.jpg I noticed when I watch watching a local mp4 video in my firefox browser on the adroid tablet, it has a completely different player: **1. http://i.imgur.com/9HzLkye.png **2. http://i.imgur.com/PLPlU0jh.jpg My question is: Is there a way to force all players, or at least youtube, to play videos using this version of the browser's built-in mp4 player? .

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The Addon Phony, change the setting to Android (mobile)

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The Addon Phony, change the setting to Android (mobile)