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mesa to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 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

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mesa to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 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.
  • @AlreadyDefederated@midwest.social
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    46•1 day ago

    In related news, PeerTube just achieved its funding goal - including all of its stretch goals.

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      1•14 hours ago

      Is it possible to post the same video both to youtube and peertube without trouble? I wonder if this is prohibited cause I think many creators would mirror their content to peertube if they could.

    • mesaOP
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      11•1 day ago

      Very good news!!

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