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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave

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YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

YouTube begins new wave of slowdowns for users with ad blockers enabled

YouTube recently started slowing down its entire site whenever ad blockers are used. A new wave of slowdowns is hitting...

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Trying to use it via Firefox is pointless. I just downloaded the video and pirated. Fuck YouTube.
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  If you run mpv https://url it will stream it from youtube and play it in mpv, without having to wait for the whole video to download first.

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