YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave - eviltoast
  • cartoon meme dog@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    using the browser isn’t necessary to keep your watch history up to date.

    yt-dlp can log in as you by reading your cookies from your browser, and, with the optional --mark-watched flag, mark your downloaded videos as watched in your YT account.

    • itsJoelle@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      TIL. Thank you very much. Looks like I’m going to be using that if YouTube gets even more painful.