Its worth trying out different browsers. In my experience Chromium based browsers are a bit faster than Firefox on really low end devices (Pinephone, ...) as long as you have enough ram (>1Gb?).
E.g. On the OG Pinephone a 720p video on Youtube is running smoothly in Chromium, but not Firefox.
E.g. On the OG Pinephone a 720p video on Youtube is running smoothly in Chromium, but not Firefox.