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YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads
Submitted 9 months ago by moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2814755/youtube-might-slow-down-your-videos-if-you-block-ads.html
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Buske@lemmy.world 9 months ago
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Having to wait with a black screen before the video starts is completely acceptable to me.
Having to watch Ads is not.shaquilleoatmeal@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I pay for YouTube premium so that I can leave the app and listen to videos. I still get ads even though I’m paying. I don’t think there’s a single surefire way to avoid them.
JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Use Firefox + ublock origin.
Start the video, get out of the app/lock you phone, then swipe down and click on ‘play’ on the media controls.This works on andriod, unsure about ios.
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Get Revanced or Newpipe or something like that. You get the same benefits you’re paying for, plus many that you aren’t, and it’s all for free. Not only that, but you’re not giving you’re money to Google.
Hawk17@lemmy.world 9 months ago
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 9 months ago
A previous version of uBlock Origin (1.64.1b4) seems to work perfectly on Firefox, just in case.
C1pher@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Seems like its already happening.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Yeah, for at least 6 months.
UsoSaito@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Now you’ll actually get a pop-up claiming “click here to find out why” in regards to the slowness.
Leomas@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Only thing I’m getring at the moment is waiting up to like 30s until the video starts, I’il take that over an ad that long any day.
Jaybird@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I was paying for a whole family (premium). But I will not pay and send money to a fascist state. We’ve cancelled all our us based services.
chebur54@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I never paid and have been using NewPipe for the past 6+ years.
Robbity@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Nebula’s getting better and I spend more time there now than on YouTube. Happy that YouTube is working hard to encourage this transition.
teamevil@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I wish the videos were longer than 8 min on nebula.
Robbity@lemm.ee 9 months ago
There’s a ton of content that’s much longer. There’s no 8-minute limitation.
legopika@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Philosophy tube and jet lagged are both longer than 8 minutes, I think nilered is on there as well and is definitely longer than 8 minutes.
AugustWest@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I’ll never go there. Paid is a no way situation.
Robbity@lemm.ee 9 months ago
It’s not for everyone, but I think it’s reasonable to pay for a platform that pays its content creators fairly. I spend a lot of things watching videos, and even though my income is limited, some kind of payment for the service makes sense.
I don’t mind blocking ads on YouTube because they used unfair practices (endless resources from Google) to destroy the competition and become the only video provider. They put us in a corner and deserve to be put in one too.
SippyCup@feddit.nl 9 months ago
“I want endless curated content for FREE! NO ADS. NO PAY. ONLY CONTENT.”
This guy, probably.
Probably also thinks the minimum wage is theft.
patrick@lemmy.bestiver.se 9 months ago
So you prefer ad supported content?
dzsimbo@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Dang, thanks. I read the post, thought it wasn’t happening to me, and I just realized that the start of some videos is being throttled. The more ya know 🌈
Toneswirly@lemmy.world 9 months ago
meh, its still not inconvenient enough to pay 10+ dollars a month. The state of adverts online is so egregious that I would probably sooner stop watching Youtube than pay or put up with ads.
Rooty@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Reminder, Newgrounds is still here.
MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
and i might just stop using youtube. does youtube think there aren’t other options?
RKL@feddit.dk 9 months ago
What options? Where can I find stuff about fixing my motorcycle? Oceanliners? Deep Space documentaries? Fixing dieselinjectors in my car etc?
hightrix@lemmy.world 9 months ago
There exists a massive, global network of websites that are all easily searchable through various means.
I look up and view similar topics to you and never use YouTube for them.
Try searching the internet as a whole!
MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
one option
www.dailymotion.com/video/x5bbdku
hell of a lot less censorship, and better video quality there as well.
AugustWest@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Most of those things are better without videos anyways. So much wasted time to get to the point.
As for documentaries… Are good ones actually on YouTube?
oyo@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
They will never be happy with how much money they squeeze out of it. When people are watching videos that are 99% ads and the content is limited to two alternating pixels they will still find a way to further optimize their profit-taking. Nothing is ever good enough for the hyper-capitalist; product managers are a disease.
sturger@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Eventually they’ll start demanding you run their crypto-miners in order to watch a video.
BilboBargains@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Jokes on you, I already watch them at 0.5x speed
Uruanna@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Don’t care, still better than the ads.
I’ll sit for 2 minutes in front of a black screen and it’ll still be better than 45 seconds of ads.
Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Did exactly that early days of hulu.
Ydna@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Same. That ole “You seem to be using a proxy service” text served as a nice break 🙌
Nugscree@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Not only that but the bit-rate as of late seems horrendous, 1080 looks more like 720 or lower with artifacts all over the place.
synapse1278@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yes, some video have a 1080p Premium high nitrate quality option that you need to pay for. It’s just the standard quality, but the free 1080p is now shitty.
It’s very sad there isn’t anything that can even remotely compare to YouTube at this time. All the content is there, can’t get it elsewhere. At least with Firefox, ublock and SponsorBlock, it’s bearable.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Artificial scarcity so you’ll pay their dumb subscription fee
Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Oh, did you not pay for YouTube Extra Premium Plus for the enhanced bit rate?
Bloody peasant…
Grostleton@lemm.ee 9 months ago
And really you’re just paying extra for the original 1080 bitrate. What a fucking scam, like I’d pay for that crap.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That’s great! I spend too much time on yt, it’ll break me of my addiction and I’ll do something else besides passive consumption.
ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 9 months ago
“Might”… it’s introducing an artificial delay when loading videos.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
That explains the “are you experiencing problems” message I keep getting these days.
Susurrus@lemm.ee 9 months ago
If you press on the “learn more” button, it brings you to a page that ends with “try disabling extensions, such as adblockers”.
mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ads on youtube are getting even more stupid. Does anyone get those ads about “procastinations” and “ADHD”? It starts off with some songs like “Procastination isnt your fault…” and some dolls dancing? So annoying
ihatefascist@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Haven’t seen ads in 10 years, people actually use the internet without ublock?
Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
So annoying
Those two words describe about every ad on youtube.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 9 months ago
Oh no! You are going to make your platform work like ass? And you expect us to do mental gymnastics in such a way that instead of blaming you (you know the one that has control over the platform) we blame uBlock? The same uBlock that has made using your platform bearable for many years, to the point that I will sit in silence with the screen off instead of watch with ads?
I think even if you make us wait a min before playing the video most would take that over an ad.
FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr 9 months ago
I would prefer an ad 🤷 if it doesn’t last a stupid amount of time
fodor@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
That’s what they’re banking on, but we know that eventually they will f*** it up and lose everyone.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Please support peertube sites - here’s a list of instances to find something matching your interests: joinpeertube.org/instances
lmuel@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Relevant as well:
They’ve added two more days to the current donation request support.joinpeertube.org/en/
mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Stop feeding me dog shit AI videos about a condom delivery boy who has to deliver some to a hotel only to find his girlfriend cheating on him and maybe I’ll stop blocking ads you fuck sticks
FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr 9 months ago
Seems like a great ad
Krompus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Condom delivery service you say? 🤔
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 9 months ago
There will be a solution for the adblocking side, there always is
frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 9 months ago
YouTube was lagging to play vids the other day now i wonder if it was A B testing. screw off YouTube. 10 ads for a 20 minute video isn’t normal and never will be. also the ads pause if you aren’t watching them. wtf? as always I expect uBlock Origin to get around this
cyberphunkisms@lemmy.org 9 months ago
we live in a neoliberal gorgon dystopia
MITM0@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You said it hombre😅
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 months ago
they also slow down videos if I use Firefox.
YouTube can eat my ass.
xeekei@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Youtube works a lot better for me after switching from Firefox to Librewolf.
ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Really? Guess it hasn’t hit me yet. I use Firefox and haven’t noticed any slowdowns.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I use an old outdated version of FF because the new v3 google bullshit isn’t supported for my is version.
it was working fine one day and then a week after the official “cut off” it just slowed down and dropped quality.
it’s ok though. I don’t mind switching the quality and waiting for videos to buffer.
shaggyb@lemmy.world 9 months ago
YouTube might bite me
bfg9k@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They’ve already tried this.
We’ve already sidestepped it.
It’s just going to keep on going like this till a viable alternative shows up.
COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
How? I’ve been noticing buffering the last few days with 1080p60 videos and up even using the suggested app version in Revanced.
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I have revanced on my phone and adblock on my laptop so I don’t see ads on youtube on them, but I can’t get rid of the youtube ads on my smart TV so I’m forced to deal with the ads for now… and the contrast shows just how insufferable youtube has become. They’re so fucking aggressive with the ads now. I’m starting to get a full minute of unskippable ads for a 2 minute meme video. It’s completely ridiculous. Not only that but the number of skippable ads, short ads, or videos with just one ad are quickly decreasing. Youtube is destroying itself.