mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoGoogle is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockerswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square243linkfedilinkarrow-up1943arrow-down113 cross-posted to: FuckThis@europe.pubtechnology@lemmit.onlinedeGoogle@lemmy.capiracy@lemmit.online
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minus-squarePsythik@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoSame. When I opened the Stats for Nerds pop-up, I noticed that I was being throttled to 1500kbps. Anything above 720p was unplayable this week. But apparently the Ublock Origin devs yet again figured out another workaround, because streaming speeds are back to normal for me as of yesterday.
Same. When I opened the Stats for Nerds pop-up, I noticed that I was being throttled to 1500kbps. Anything above 720p was unplayable this week.
But apparently the Ublock Origin devs yet again figured out another workaround, because streaming speeds are back to normal for me as of yesterday.