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mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago

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

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

www.windowscentral.com

mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago
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Google may block you from watching YouTube videos if you have an ad blocker installed on your Windows PC or mobile device.
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    15 hours ago

    If you use Firefox:

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-video-quality/

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      I’m don’t having a functioning computer right now because i can’t afford even a used one. I’m just using the YouTube app on ny phone or tv

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        If you’re on Android, get pipepipe from f-droid.

        Not only is it a way better and more functional YouTube app, it doesn’t do ads.

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          I like Grayjay

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        If your phone is Android, NewPipe is an open-source, third-party client that permits setting quality. It’s on F-Droid (the big open-source app repository) if you use that, and probably on Google Store as well.

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