mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoGoogle is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockerswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square203linkfedilinkarrow-up1761arrow-down110 cross-posted to: deGoogle@lemmy.caFuckThis@europe.pubtechnology@piefed.socialpiracy@lemmit.online
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minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoIf you use Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-video-quality/
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoI’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
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·23 hours agoIf 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.
minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-223 hours agoIf 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.
If you use Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-video-quality/
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
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.
I like Grayjay
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.