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mesa to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 days ago

Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers

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Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers

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mesa to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 days ago
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Google may block you from watching YouTube videos if you have an ad blocker installed on your Windows PC or mobile device.
  • @vala@lemmy.world
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    7•13 hours ago

    Sample size one but I’m on Fedora with Firefox and uBlock. Not seeing any issues yet.

    • @Turret3857@infosec.pub
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      I’m on Android w/ PipePipe & GrayJay and have been experiencing issues with videos loading a little then buffering for like 5 minutes

    • Captain Aggravated
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      Same setup, same results. I do intentionally keep the resolution low though.

    • @mondomon@lemmy.world
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      2•12 hours ago

      Same, using CleanTube.

    • @ikidd@lemmy.world
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      1•10 hours ago

      Same with Piped. Pinchflat downloads it so even if it were throttled when it fetches, it will play at local speeds

    • @zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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      1•13 hours ago

      Same on FireDragon with Garuda.

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