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Re: YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox

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Post by noirscape »

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #305
noirscape wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

YouTube's market hold is unfortunately circular; no uploader on the platform will risk splitting their audience to a platform nobody goes to, and because of that, new platforms are unable to grow. That aside: I also doubt most peertube instances can withstand the bandwidth costs of seriously hosting a few moderately succesful YouTube channels.

> no uploader on the platform will risk splitting their audience to a platform nobody goes to cough nebula cough

Nebula is closer to a premium streaming service - I'm not really counting it in the same sense as YouTube/Peertubes free, unbridled goals of video sharing, since Nebula doesn't do that either. I'd say it's closer to something like Amazon Prime/Netflix/Disney+ but for a specific cadre of creators on YouTube.

Re: YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox

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Post by vanderZwan »

l8rlump wrote: post #464
JohnFen wrote: post #452

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This kind of BS is why I don't ever click on links directly. I copy/paste them instead, so I can examine and trim them. Often, the actual link is through some sort of redirection service and I need to copy/paste the text the browser shows for the link rather than the actual link. There's so much trickery and nonsense around this stuff that no link is safe to just click on.

Check out the Privacy Badger extension. I believe it removes the tracking stuff from (some) links.

There are also dedicated link cleaning extensions (I use Neat Url).

Re: YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox

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Post by davidgerard »

smoyer wrote: post #442

Debunked by the original author. https://t.co/2lPM2pFtoN https://t.co/O331DcmVBs TLDC: it's related to ad blocker detection and can happen even on Chrome.

https://nitter.net/uwukko/status/1726640538613584258

that doesn't appear to "debunk" this in any way when I actually read the whole thread, you're using words oddly here

Re: YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox

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Post by davidgerard »

ndiddy wrote: post #247

Just yesterday people on here were talking about how using Adblock instead of paying for Youtube was unfair to Google and basically stealing. Is this the type of behavior you want to reward?

every post about adblockers gets a flurry of those

none ever seem to offer e.g. indemnification for ad-based malware

Re: YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox

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Post by scyzoryk_xyz »

rjh29 wrote: post #451
scyzoryk_xyz wrote: post #66

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I hope not, but I suspect they will succeed. My observation is that the vast majority of people around me here in Europe see Google as completely trustworthy. It's truly profound how split-second loading delays contribute to a negative impression about digital products. I guess we're all worn out from using our devices. Most of us just want "thing" ASAP, and we'll compulsively click 'agree' to anything that happens t…

I would hope that the EU will legislate against this. (No help for the UK of course...)

There is only so much that can happen with legislation. GDPR has been wonderful, but as far as public opinion goes it has backfired somewhat. I have heard too many people complaining that it’s „pointless because they know everything anyways”. That it’s „Brussels just telling us how to live”.

It’s an extremely delicate task for the EU, easy to sabotage.

Re: YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox

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Post by antifa »

jiggawatts wrote: post #90
CapsAdmin wrote: post #52

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Something related to this which I find extremely frustrating is that I'm capable of watching a 4k video in my browser just fine. So if I decide to buy or rent a movie on youtube, they can only be played back at 420p. Apparently this is due to DRM restrictions, but the frustrating part is that you can pay extra money for the HD version and there's nothing telling you about this not being supported in your browser unti…

Netflix does the same thing. Actually, speaking of infuriating corporate bullshit, allow me to go on a rant about Netflix and subtitles. They give you the option to choose between like four, maybe five languages. That's it! If you want subtitles in any of the other hundred or so languages that they have available, well... no. Just no. Learn one of the four they've picked for you. If you call their support, they'll ga…

> Netflix couldn't make a language picker look nice for that many options so he asked a too-smart data science guy to figure out the most common languages for each region.

Odd they couldn't ask your preferred language(s) in your profile, then include it whenever available with the regional list.

Re: YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox

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Post by antifa »

strombofulous wrote: post #440
CapsAdmin wrote: post #52

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Something related to this which I find extremely frustrating is that I'm capable of watching a 4k video in my browser just fine. So if I decide to buy or rent a movie on youtube, they can only be played back at 420p. Apparently this is due to DRM restrictions, but the frustrating part is that you can pay extra money for the HD version and there's nothing telling you about this not being supported in your browser unti…

By the way, it is 480p. 420 is for something else :)

You guys are getting 480p? I'm only getting 240p!

Re: YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox

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Post by JohnFen »

l8rlump wrote: post #464
JohnFen wrote: post #452

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This kind of BS is why I don't ever click on links directly. I copy/paste them instead, so I can examine and trim them. Often, the actual link is through some sort of redirection service and I need to copy/paste the text the browser shows for the link rather than the actual link. There's so much trickery and nonsense around this stuff that no link is safe to just click on.

Check out the Privacy Badger extension. I believe it removes the tracking stuff from (some) links.

I use privacy badger, but it doesn't cover everything so I end up having to manually check all links anyway.
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