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mesa to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 26 days ago

Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers

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Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers

www.windowscentral.com

mesa to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 26 days ago
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Google is waging war on ad blockers — throttling YouTube to force users back in line
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The world’s biggest video platform is sabotaging your stream — unless you play by their ad-fueled rules.
  • RedEye FlightControl
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    2•25 days ago

    This doesn’t seem very straightforward…

    • stebo
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      3•25 days ago

      https://invidious.io/

      it’s like lemmy: you choose an instance, make an account, import your subscriptions from YouTube and done. you can watch all channels from there

      • RedEye FlightControl
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        2•25 days ago

        Ok, so there are hosted instances? At face value this looks like you need to self host. Which I am more than capable of both in terms of equipment and experience. I just don’t want to go that far to watch youtube. Thanks for explaining.

        • stebo
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          3•25 days ago

          not many but there are

          https://docs.invidious.io/instances/

      • @burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2•25 days ago

        Sadly, most of the instances seem to be completely nonfunctional. Nadeko.net seemed to be the only one working for months.

        • stebo
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          yehh it’s been a while since i used it and my instance seems to be down too…

      • @vala@lemmy.world
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        1•24 days ago

        So it’s not very straight forward lol?

        • stebo
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          1•24 days ago

          for us it is ;)

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