Removes the annoying gradients visible when pausing a video.
Removes the pesky gradient behind the loading bar and the video, visible when pausing/resuming, or while the cursor is moving with the video playing, or while the video is paused.
Bookmarklet: If you would like to use the script as a bookmark that you can manually run whenever you like just copy the following code and create a bookmark out of it. Make sure that the javascript: part of the code is still there after pasting otherwise it will not work. This method also works for using the script on mobile devices such as phones and tablets.
javascript:(function(){BM_MODE=true;document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('script')).src='https://greasyfork.org/scripts/448125-youtube-hide-paused-gradient-by-sapioit/code/Youtube%20Hide%20Paused%20Gradient%20by%20Sapioit.user.js';}())
