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

RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  100%. Half the time I get blocked due to VPN or whatever I just close the tab and go with my life. The rest of the time I try all known workarounds. If those fail, I just go with my life.

  My hatred for monopolisation and enshittification is stronger than my desire to watch content on any platform.

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  • generallynonsensical@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So say we all.

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    • timetraveller@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So say we all.

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  • Trihilis@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lol, this is exactly why I use Lemmy. Sure there might be less engagement than reddit. But I’d rather gargle a bucket of diarrhea than go back to that shitty place.

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  • LucidNightmare@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Amen.

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• zurohki@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The thing is, their anti-adblocking measures are still less unpleasant than actually watching ads.

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• stebo02@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  just use invidious instead

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  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is also a good beginner way to learn about self hosting in docker.

    Freetube can make a great backup for when google inevitably breaks something.

    And for thise videos you really cant miss there is always yt-dlp scripted to download a channels latests video on a schedule straight to jellyfin of course.

    I have not visited the youtube website in more then a year.

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  • Carrot@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not perfect, but I use grayjay. They have an android app and a desktop client, and are usually pretty quick to make updates that will sidestep Google’s anti-adblocking measures (within 1-2 days.) Again, not perfect, but I don’t mind a slightly worse experience to avoid having to see an ad. Plus it has sponsor block support built right in

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  • RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This doesn’t seem very straightforward…

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    • stebo02@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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

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      • burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • vala@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So it’s not very straight forward lol?

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• Psythik@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Same. When I opened the Stats for Nerds pop-up, I noticed that I was being throttled to 1500kbps. Anything above 720p was unplayable this week.

  But apparently the Ublock Origin devs yet again figured out another workaround, because streaming speeds are back to normal for me as of yesterday.

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