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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave

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YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave

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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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YouTube begins new wave of slowdowns for users with ad blockers enabled
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YouTube recently started slowing down its entire site whenever ad blockers are used. A new wave of slowdowns is hitting...
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    Oh no (continues to watch on freetube) anyway…

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      Revanced Extended ftw!

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      Alternative front ends are a god send.

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      What is freetube? (Sorry for the stupid question)

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        One of many different “third party frontends” for YouTube which, amongst other things, cut out ads and avoid performance throttling.

        Personally I use one called NewPipe, and previously one called LibreTube. There are others too.

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        deleted by creator

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      One of the few uYou+ users on iOS.

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