Set the default viewing mode to Theater Mode.
< Rückmeldungen auf YouTube - Always Theater Mode
document.addEventListener("yt-navigate-finish", function(event) {
setTimeout(()=> {
var newPlayer = document.querySelector('button.ytp-size-button')
if ( newPlayer && !document.querySelector('ytd-watch-flexy').hasAttribute('full-bleed-player') ) {
newPlayer.click()
}
}, 600)
})
Try CY Fung's fix. If that doesn't work, bump the 600 figure up to 750 and see if that works for you.
Sometimes, it doesn't always work as I noticed that the video is still small but it seems to happen infrequently. It could be a thing on YouTube's end as before I switched to this script, the extensions I used to use stopped working a week or so ago. Beyond that, it's been alright.