fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoYouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square371fedilinkarrow-up1974arrow-down115
arrow-up1959arrow-down1external-linkYouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave9to5google.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square371fedilink
minus-squareCoggyMcFee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down5·11 months agoI have YouTube premium and an adblocker and I don’t have this problem. I’m skeptical that it’s related.
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 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.
minus-squarePopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoWasn’t that exactly how the adblock blocks went out in the first place? Only a few areas at a time were affected.
minus-squareessteeyou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoSame, YT Premium, Firefox, ad blocker, no issues with streaming.
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.
Wasn’t that exactly how the adblock blocks went out in the first place? Only a few areas at a time were affected.
Same, YT Premium, Firefox, ad blocker, no issues with streaming.