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

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

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[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I feel like this has been happening for a while, but maybe it's just that YouTube's website is shite.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

Oh no! What will I—Video Downloader. I'll just watch offline at my leisure.

[–] colonelsharki@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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

https://joinpeertube.org/

[–] G4Z@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

I've been using this

https://skipcut.com/

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I mean sure I guess but I can just like download them for later?

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

As much as I hate dealing with their shenanigans, I can’t really blame them either. As long as I can get away with using an adblocker, I will - but honestly, YouTube gives me more value for free than a lot of services I actually pay for. I have no moral argument for why YouTube should let me watch videos for free, even though I like free stuff just as much as the next guy.

[–] Traister101@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago

I did not always use an ad blocker. Frankly my stance is they've made their bed, now they get to lie down in it. If it wasn't for YouTubes ad quality being so poor I would have never bothered taking the 30 seconds it takes to install an adblock those 10 or so years ago

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[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I haven't noticed on Tubular.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I noticed this today

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I had to allow a bunch of stuff in pihole because I wasn't able to use Google flights or Google News and some functions in Gmail, the sites never finished loading

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