> that native youtube(the one used on mobile) is far better at playback.

No, it is not. Playback would get stuck, sound would go away for no rhyme or reason and what not. Better experience? - no - quite the opposite.

I got rid [1] of the native nuisance completely. And the experience of search, comment and history on native was simply terrible. Much lesser control on ad-blocking too, and really the ads on YT are sometimes seriously irritating.

[1] Evidence: https://twitter.com/marvindanig/status/598701509963083777