• Frenchfryenjoyer (she/her)@lemmings.world
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    14 minutes 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

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    4 hours ago

    If it takes too long to load I just use yt-dlp to download the video or whole playlist and watch it later. Do I care that it’s putting additional strain on YouTube’s servers? Indeed, I’m devastated and overtaken with guilt 😂 These are tears of regret, I swear 😂

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    3 hours 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.

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    5 hours ago

    “Might”? They’re already doing it.

    YouTube in Firefox with Ublock Origin is getting throttled down to 1500kbps. I can’t watch anything above 720p on my desktop anymore (with gigabit internet).

    YouTube ReVanced on mobile and SmartTube Next on the TV still thankfully work without issues.

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    7 hours ago

    We need to find ways to pressurize the content creators to upload to alternative platforms like Odysee, Rumble, Nebula, Peertube, Misskey etc…

  • kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 hours ago

    Youtube acting like it has anything to offer aside slop and people who think they’re philosopher kings because they play video games.

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      41 minutes ago

      Youtube acting like it has anything to offer

      This is weapons-grade copium, there is no other platform with even 1% of the content on YouTube.

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      7 hours ago

      Sounds like projection but hey, you do you, it’s not as if we can learn from video games right

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      7 hours ago

      No, but Plex can. I’d migrate to Jellyfin if you can as Plex is paywalling more of their services.

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        5 hours ago

        Never used Plex, but as a proprietary software aren’t they just requesting money for functionality and usage of servers/traffic? Isn’t it just normal business practice?