Automatically applies data-saving video settings across YouTube, Netflix & more, and blocks unnecessary loading to help reduce CO₂ emissions.
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In its major 2024 study, Arcom is France’s audiovisual and digital regulator.View the 2024 study calls on streaming platforms to offer an easily accessible "eco mode" to reduce their environmental impact. Until such a mode is available on these platformes, Load Less brings it to you directly through this extension.
Load Less automatically applies and maintains these settings when possible, or guides you when a change requires your action. Works with YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, Twitch et Vimeo.
A YouTube video playing in a background tab can still load at high quality, even when you're mainly listening to the audio. Load Less lowers its quality when that can save data and bandwidth. Quality is restored when you return to the tab.
Many websites load YouTube or Vimeo players as soon as the page opens, even if you never press play. Load Less replaces them with a lightweight thumbnail, so pages stay lighter. The player only loads when you start the video.
Load Less does not collect any personal data. Your settings stay stored locally in your browser. Read the privacy policy
Coming soon: Support for Canal VOD, YouTube Shorts, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter and native video players
The web is getting heavier, and video streaming contributes significantly to that.
HD, autoplay, background loading : together, they increase the amount of data carried over network infrastructure (antennas, cables, routers…). In 2024, video streaming accounted for around 65% Based on 2024 data from Sandvine, an Internet traffic analytics company.View source of the data carried over these networks.
In response to this sustained increase, operators have to increase network capacity by adding new equipment. Once installed, this equipment remains powered continuously, which increases the networks’ electricity consumption over the long term.
In 2025, more than half of the world’s electricity was still generated from fossil fuels, which are highly carbon-intensive. This increased electricity consumption therefore contributes to higher CO₂ emissions.
By applying data-saving video settings collectively:
Less data
Less pressure on networks
Less electricity and fewer emissions over time
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