Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers
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ublockorigin etc... 5 second unnecessary delay, very annoying . that's my experience
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Is it possible to post the same video both to youtube and peertube without trouble? I wonder if this is prohibited cause I think many creators would mirror their content to peertube if they could.
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Sample size one but I'm on Fedora with Firefox and uBlock. Not seeing any issues yet.
Same setup, same results. I do intentionally keep the resolution low though.
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I have no issues at all, once a vid is running. Choosing a vid takes much longer these days though, because the goddam stupid fucking algorhythm serves up 95% slop these days. Already viewed vids, ones expressly blocked, "news" stories that are YEARS old, or those in weird foreign languages, make up most of the garbage I get offered....
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I watch ad free, and screen off through the Brave browser.
All good for now.Same here, but do you notice how bad the algorhythm has become, at offering useful, interesting, or relevant vids..?
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just use invidious instead
It's not perfect, but I use grayjay. They have an android app and a desktop client, and are usually pretty quick to make updates that will sidestep Google's anti-adblocking measures (within 1-2 days.) Again, not perfect, but I don't mind a slightly worse experience to avoid having to see an ad. Plus it has sponsor block support built right in
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I like Grayjay
Ya that works too. At the time I discovered it I was using piped for a long time already. Greyjay had some more bells and whistles and the UI is more overwhelming at first. It also had a big that was annoying and functioned fine in piped so I stuck with that in the end. Also greyjay is a massive app by comparison if you care about that.
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Same here, but do you notice how bad the algorhythm has become, at offering useful, interesting, or relevant vids..?
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. -
They don't host anything, they're just an alternate front-end that lets you download stuff.
And no ads I presume.
Understandable that they would block it.
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Yeah the moment you open invidious on the same machine it stops. Curious huh.
