YouTube started slowing video buffer with adblock enabled
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Re: YouTube started slowing video buffer with adblock enabled
#2I'm kind of surprised that they waited this long to mess with ad blockers
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#3I noticed this on mobile with adblock, some videos would pause and refuse to load at the point its supposed to show an ad and I would need to refresh
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#4I'm not against ads in general but I'm strongly against the idea to turn Internet into TV 2.0 e.g. interuptive ad delivery channel. Text and banner ads allow the user to chose their level of engagement but forced video ads attempt to force the user to interrupt their normal flow without other options. I find it unacceptable.
Re: YouTube started slowing video buffer with adblock enabled
#5On my TV YouTube wouldn’t skip to video if ads didn’t load. One could say that’s an effective guard against an adblocker as you would just get a black screen for a minute.
Of course you would also get a blank screen when the ad server wasn’t responding, because the ad server is not hooked up to the local cdn
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#6mpv
Re: YouTube started slowing video buffer with adblock enabled
#7What is interesting is that I use Firefox on Mac and Windows and I have been slowly moving over to Windows after a decade of using Macs. Anyways, the point is, on the Mac, Youtube keeps complaining about adblock and not letting me watch stuff without using a Violent Monkey patch but on Windows they don't complain yet, which I know won't last for long, but in the meantime is a nice Windows win.
Re: YouTube started slowing video buffer with adblock enabled
#8What is interesting is that I use Firefox on Mac and Windows and I have been slowly moving over to Windows after a decade of using Macs. Anyways, the point is, on the Mac, Youtube keeps complaining about adblock and not letting me watch stuff without using a Violent Monkey patch but on Windows they don't complain yet, which I know won't last for long, but in the meantime is a nice Windows win.
Maybe they figure Mac users are richer and thus can afford YT Premium more easily.
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