mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoGoogle is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockerswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square246linkfedilinkarrow-up1943arrow-down113
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minus-squarevala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoSample size one but I’m on Fedora with Firefox and uBlock. Not seeing any issues yet.
minus-squareTurret3857@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI’m on Android w/ PipePipe & GrayJay and have been experiencing issues with videos loading a little then buffering for like 5 minutes
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSame on FireDragon with Garuda.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSame setup, same results. I do intentionally keep the resolution low though.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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 on FireDragon with Garuda.
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