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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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[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month 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.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

YouTube gives me more value for free than a lot of services I actually pay for

That's the really annoying part.

I've been considering swapping to other services for a long time, but to follow the creators I want to follow I'd have to subscribe to Nebula and Floatplane and I'd still miss out on quite a few creators.

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[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month 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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[–] Berlinblades@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I watch ad free, and screen off through the Brave browser. All good for now.

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

Same here, but do you notice how bad the algorhythm has become, at offering useful, interesting, or relevant vids..?

[–] Berlinblades@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yes I have actually. I thought it was a trump thing. Like you watch one news item featuring him, then they push a hundred reaction videos of some guy playing newsman in his home.

[–] sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah the moment you open invidious on the same machine it stops. Curious huh.

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