mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGoogle is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockerswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square247fedilinkarrow-up1918
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minus-squarevala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·17 hours agoSample size one but I’m on Fedora with Firefox and uBlock. Not seeing any issues yet.
minus-squareTurret3857@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours 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.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoSame setup, same results. I do intentionally keep the resolution low though.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoSame with Piped. Pinchflat downloads it so even if it were throttled when it fetches, it will play at local speeds
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoSame on FireDragon with Garuda.
Sample size one but I’m on Fedora with Firefox and uBlock. Not seeing any issues yet.
I’m on Android w/ PipePipe & GrayJay and have been experiencing issues with videos loading a little then buffering for like 5 minutes
Same, using CleanTube.
Same setup, same results. I do intentionally keep the resolution low though.
Same with Piped. Pinchflat downloads it so even if it were throttled when it fetches, it will play at local speeds
Same on FireDragon with Garuda.