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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers

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Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers

www.windowscentral.com

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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Google is waging war on ad blockers — throttling YouTube to force users back in line

www.windowscentral.com

The world’s biggest video platform is sabotaging your stream — unless you play by their ad-fueled rules.

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I’d sooner spend five minutes waiting for the video to buffer than five seconds watching an ad

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