mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoGoogle is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockerswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square245fedilinkarrow-up1940arrow-down114
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minus-squarevala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoSample size one but I’m on Fedora with Firefox and uBlock. Not seeing any issues yet.
minus-squareTurret3857@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoI’m on Android w/ PipePipe & GrayJay and have been experiencing issues with videos loading a little then buffering for like 5 minutes
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoSame setup, same results. I do intentionally keep the resolution low though.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoSame on FireDragon with Garuda.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoSame with Piped. Pinchflat downloads it so even if it were throttled when it fetches, it will play at local speeds
Sample size one but I’m on Fedora with Firefox and uBlock. Not seeing any issues yet.
Same, using CleanTube.
I’m on Android w/ PipePipe & GrayJay and have been experiencing issues with videos loading a little then buffering for like 5 minutes
Same setup, same results. I do intentionally keep the resolution low though.
Same on FireDragon with Garuda.
Same with Piped. Pinchflat downloads it so even if it were throttled when it fetches, it will play at local speeds