Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers
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Note that subtitles doesn't include automatic subtitles. For that you have to do --write-auto-subs in conjunction
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Thanks.
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Ublock origin (if your using it) "fixed" the issue shortly after. Im convinced someone at google works on adblock lol. Probably not true but the timing was really fast.
Spy vs spy
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I'd sooner spend five minutes waiting for the video to buffer than five seconds watching an ad
Too true
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Ive been commenting on creators videos asking them to upload elsewhere as well. I doubt it will work, but we could try
Great idea. Eventually, and if enough ask, it could be a thing.
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We can live without YouTube, they can’t live without us.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]This is their way to try and get you into their money making fold.
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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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I'm don't having a functioning computer right now because i can't afford even a used one. I'm just using the YouTube app on ny phone or tv
wrote on last edited by [email protected]If your phone is Android, NewPipe is an open-source, third-party client that permits setting quality. It's on F-Droid (the big open-source app repository) if you use that, and probably on Google Store as well.
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I'm don't having a functioning computer right now because i can't afford even a used one. I'm just using the YouTube app on ny phone or tv
If you're on Android, get pipepipe from f-droid.
Not only is it a way better and more functional YouTube app, it doesn't do ads.
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I also think they slowed it down for firefox users.
If you get a user agent switcher and change your user agent for youtube to chrome then that slowing down goes away.
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I've been seeing this for a couple weeks now along with a popup telling me "ad blockers aren't allowed" at work where I'm forced to use Chrome. I have UBlock Lite installed. Typically a refresh takes care of the popup and a 10 second delay later, the video loads.
I run portable Firefox on my work PC. I refuse to use chrome. some of our apps require Edge, but outside of that, I don't touch chrome.
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Wish they could use Gemini to generate ad clicks instead.
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Ok so im not crazy. I was wondering why videos kept buffering every minute this past week.
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I've started bulk downloading videos with yt-dlp and watching them locally. No ads or throttling to deal with.
This is the way.
When YouTube wanted to throw me some entertainment and a couple ads, very conveniently, I was down for that.
Now that it's an all out technology knowledge battle - well, I'm quite good at that.
So I spend the time I would have laughed at their ad instead working around their bullshit.
I haven't seen an ad in years, but I still enjoy the same content.
️To me, it seems like they're working really hard, just to fail to serve me ads.
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100%. Half the time I get blocked due to VPN or whatever I just close the tab and go with my life. The rest of the time I try all known workarounds. If those fail, I just go with my life.
My hatred for monopolisation and enshittification is stronger than my desire to watch content on any platform.
So say we all.
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Thanks.
EDIT: There isn't an
--embed-auto-subs, but there is a--write-auto-subs.Fixed thanks.
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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
You might need a little bit of degoogleizer.
In a small dose, it eases the pain, but with the right treatment, your life will become yours again.
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Ive been commenting on creators videos asking them to upload elsewhere as well. I doubt it will work, but we could try
I love how you’re just doing your bit lol
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Yeah they are, I noticed it get really, really bad this week. It's an awful experience. But they'll leave my browser before my adblocker does.
The thing is, their anti-adblocking measures are still less unpleasant than actually watching ads.
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Make me wait 5 mins on a black screen and I'll do that before watching an ad.
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I use adblockers, but I'm confused how this would hurt google if people using adblockers stopped using youtube.
Less views = less relevancy of the platform. For live streams they have always played second fiddle. For short videos there is even more competition. Just wait for China to open up Billie Billie or instead make a separate version for the west.
