mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockerswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square243linkfedilinkarrow-up1945arrow-down114
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minus-squaredyc3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·2 months agoBecause YouTube is where shit happens dude. Yeah sure theres peertube and others, but frankly, nobody that people care about are uploading to them. Not to mention they don’t offer the monetization opportunities for creators that YouTube does. Ad block and sponsor block and call it a day.
minus-squareBoxOfFeet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoExactly. I dont mind a little extra buffering. I mostly watch things in 720 or 1080, and I’ve barely noticed the change.
Because YouTube is where shit happens dude. Yeah sure theres peertube and others, but frankly, nobody that people care about are uploading to them. Not to mention they don’t offer the monetization opportunities for creators that YouTube does.
Ad block and sponsor block and call it a day.
Exactly. I dont mind a little extra buffering. I mostly watch things in 720 or 1080, and I’ve barely noticed the change.