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

belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  YT’s blocked on it, at least on my end. Fuck you, Google.

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  • lud@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Does grayjay rehost content from YouTube or are they using the YouTube backend for streaming video? I would be quite annoyed if anyone used my website as a host for content that’s being consumed on another website.

    A few years ago (and to a lesser degree nowadays) you occasionally came across images which wouldn’t work if you “hotlinked” to them on another website. Images aren’t a huge deal anymore but video absolutely is.

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    • DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They don’t host anything, they’re just an alternate front-end that lets you download stuff.

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      • lud@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And no ads I presume.

        Understandable that they would block it.

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  • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    YT’s blocked on it.

    Just tried it. It works.

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    • DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Workaround got released, that same issue just updated itself to indicate that. Still shitty of Google to be going full Reddit like this though.

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• toothpaste_ostrich@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Bless you.

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