That’s great! I spend too much time on yt, it’ll break me of my addiction and I’ll do something else besides passive consumption.
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2025
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"Might"... it's introducing an artificial delay when loading videos.
I have revanced on my phone and adblock on my laptop so I don't see ads on youtube on them, but I can't get rid of the youtube ads on my smart TV so I'm forced to deal with the ads for now... and the contrast shows just how insufferable youtube has become. They're so fucking aggressive with the ads now. I'm starting to get a full minute of unskippable ads for a 2 minute meme video. It's completely ridiculous. Not only that but the number of skippable ads, short ads, or videos with just one ad are quickly decreasing. Youtube is destroying itself.
That explains the "are you experiencing interruptions" message I keep getting these days, though I kinda expected this.
If you press on the "learn more" button, it brings you to a page that ends with "try disabling extensions, such as adblockers".
Dang, thanks. I read the post, thought it wasn't happening to me, and I just realized that the start of some videos is being throttled. The more ya know 🌈
and i might just stop using youtube. does youtube think there aren't other options?
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Relevant as well:
They've added two more days to the current donation request https://support.joinpeertube.org/en/
Stop feeding me dog shit AI videos about a condom delivery boy who has to deliver some to a hotel only to find his girlfriend cheating on him and maybe I’ll stop blocking ads you fuck sticks
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If it takes too long to load I just use yt-dlp to download the video or whole playlist and watch it later. Do I care that it's putting additional strain on YouTube's servers? Indeed, I'm devastated and overtaken with guilt 😂 These are tears of regret, I swear 😂
yt-dlp is fucking awesome and it will be a sad day if it ever gets taken down or blocked.
Reminder, Newgrounds is still here.
YouTube was lagging to play vids the other day now i wonder if it was A B testing. screw off YouTube. 10 ads for a 20 minute video isn't normal and never will be. also the ads pause if you aren't watching them. wtf? as always I expect uBlock Origin to get around this
Thanks uBO team I don't even know yt is trying anything
Using uBO, but have noticed a slightly longer delay of a few seconds between hitting play and the video starting, but I can deal with that over being forced to watch 30s of ads.
Honestly it just felt like youtube's servers were shittimg themselves again, so I baely even register it as a real interruption.
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"Might"? They're already doing it.
YouTube in Firefox with Ublock Origin is getting throttled down to 1500kbps. I can't watch anything above 720p on my desktop anymore (with gigabit internet).
YouTube ReVanced on mobile and SmartTube Next on the TV still thankfully work without issues.
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If you are a content creator please consider upload your content on other video platforms too.
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Google will never get a cent out of me, willingly.
If it gets annoying enough, and FreeTube stops working, I'll find something better to do with my time.
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YouTube might just go fuck itself!
Jokes on you, I already watch them at 0.5x speed
They've already tried this.
We've already sidestepped it.
It's just going to keep on going like this till a viable alternative shows up.
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Ads on youtube are getting even more stupid. Does anyone get those ads about "procastinations" and "ADHD"? It starts off with some songs like "Procastination isnt your fault....." and some dolls dancing? So annoying
So annoying
Those two words describe about every ad on youtube.
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And i stop using youtube when my adblock doesnt work. fuck em