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Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 1 month ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] vala@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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

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[–] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

https://joinpeertube.org/

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

ublockorigin etc... 5 second unnecessary delay, very annoying . that's my experience

[–] JATtho@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

So this is it. The enshittification has reached slowlorris levels.

[–] colonelsharki@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is google’s company motto still ‘Don’t be evil’?

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[–] hefejefe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Down with google

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[–] G4Z@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

I've been using this

https://skipcut.com/

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (11 children)

I’m curious what people would prefer for revenue generation models. Just subscription fees? A lot of folks also seem resistant to that as well.

[–] SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

What they had like 10 years ago a couple ads here and there. Not 5 minutes ad 5 minutes ad 5 minutes ad 5 minutess ad.

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[–] Coil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There was a time where they only used banner ads. Or ads before the video and not in the middle. Honestly, if they had a cheap, no frills ad free sub, I'd pay for it.

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