YouTube artificially slows down video load times when using Firefox

Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by xkcd1963 on Monday November 20, 2023 @05:42AM (#38346072)

Just install adblocker?

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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by Erratic6576 on Monday November 20, 2023 @05:47AM (#38346103)

Or Freetube / Newpipe

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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by ikt on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:09AM (#38346296)

no need to go that extreme, the fix is to just update ublock orgins filters

Go into ublock origin addon > click filter lists > purge all caches then update now

all done

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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by m4tthumphrey on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:02AM (#38346240)

Meh.. I could but I have to tolerate them on TV anyway. I may look to install pi-hole one day.

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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by wanderingmind on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:13AM (#38346345)

If you have an Android TV, You can use SmartTube[1] that has Adblock + Sponsorblock

[1] https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube

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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by Larrikin on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:11AM (#38346319)

Pi hole doesn't help, but there are various Android TV apps that do block ads. I still prefer the Roku eco system but I switched after they started putting ads in the middle of music videos.

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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by samrus on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:21AM (#38346408)

pihole doesnt work for youtube because ads and content are served from the same domains.

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