Technology

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.

and i might just stop using youtube. does youtube think there aren't other options?

Reminder, Newgrounds is still here.

"Might"... it's introducing an artificial delay when loading videos.

That explains the "are you experiencing interruptions" message I keep getting these days, though I kinda expected this.

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.

Jokes on you, I already watch them at 0.5x speed

Please support peertube sites - here's a list of instances to find something matching your interests: https://joinpeertube.org/instances

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

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

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 😂

they also slow down videos if I use Firefox.

YouTube can eat my ass.

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

we live in a neoliberal gorgon dystopia

"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.

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.