YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave - eviltoast
  • CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I have YouTube premium and an adblocker and I don’t have this problem. I’m skeptical that it’s related.

    • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I have YouTube premium and an adblocker and I don’t have this problem. I’m skeptical that it’s related.

      I too am a YouTube premium customer, and my video performance is horrible lately.

      Funny enough, on my living room smart TV YouTube app my performance has been bad as well, even though I am logged in to my premium YouTube account.

      Something is going on, and it does effect some (at least) premium customers.

    • PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyi
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      10 months ago

      Wasn’t that exactly how the adblock blocks went out in the first place? Only a few areas at a time were affected.

      • essteeyou@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        So, since writing the above I’ve been having issues with YouTube. I’ve been connected to my VPN, so perhaps that’s part of it (by which I mean Google slowing it down, the VPN doesn’t noticeably slow down any other sites).

        I tried deactivating my ad blocker, but it hasn’t made a difference. I’ll try more stuff to see if I can figure it out.