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YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave (9to5google.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (12 children)

I am for sure one of the smaller number of people doing this, but I watch YouTube on my TV using the TV app. As a result I always had to watch ads. I wish I could avoid them. I suppose a could watch from an alternative and then AirPlay it to my TV, but that’s about it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

If you had an android device you'd be allowed to install an alternative YouTube app.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (7 children)

User-Agent changer fixes this issue completely for me

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Problem is, it shows the internet that there id a higher share of chromium browsers.
Which is bad.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I feel its slowing down Smarttube too, because I have to wait a few seconds for the video to start now. I don't know if it's a bug

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I remember when they first put ads in and people rebelled. Frogs in a pot because it's not like any of you will actually use peertube

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Only if they can detect that you're using one.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Can someone create (or does it already exist?) an app that plays the videos in the background, remove the ads and then let you playback the whole video ad-free? Sort of like you did back in the VHS-days....

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Man, it's wild to see Youtube kill themselves in real time.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Try opening a link from Gmail in Firefox or searching Google for a specific piece of information. SSDD. Fuck Google. At this point they're in par with the evil Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Ssdd?

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