IPhone4 youtube acting stupidly slow (on safari)?

Whenever I try and load a long video ( such as an ASMR video or a lecture video) it fails to load or it takes an eternity to (at least a minute, sometimes up to five). I've already tried to research and nothing seems to be helpful. I've tried rebooting and resetting all settings, but to no avail. I can't delete everything because I don't have a backup. Any solutions other than the ones listed will be greatly appreciated as I have considered throwing my phone in frustration more than a few times. Could it be that it's my Wi-Fi? Or maybe it's because I have hooked it up to my computer which has a virus (only used it to transfer photos to flash drive)?

I would suggest using the actual Youtube app and try playing the video directly from there if that still doesn't work check for an iOS update (Settings>General)

If that doesn't work restart the iPhone

Oh and do all of these steps with the phone unplugged from the computer.

If your computer has a virus run malware bytes go to: http://www.malwarebytes.org

Let me know if this works, good luck

Its probably time kick off safari, and upgrade your browser. To firefox or Chrome.

Either that or your connection sucks bawls.

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