Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

54476 readers

407 users here now

⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.

Rules • Full Version

1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy

2. Don't request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote

3. Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs

4. Don't submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others

Loot, Pillage, & Plunder

📜 c/Piracy Wiki (Community Edition):

💰 Please help cover server costs.


Ko-fi	Liberapay

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

399

Youtube slowing down due to addblock (www.tomsguide.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

83 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Any suggestions on alternatives for blocking adds?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Any non-chrome browser will experience a 5 second delay (IF they have an adblocker)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

FWIW, with Firefox on Linux with pihole on my network and ublock origin, some component (or the mix) of those things seems to have meant that so far I have yet to experience a single one of the things Google has been doing since the adblock wars began again. I just checked now to see if there was any delay, and there is not.

I haven't seen a single popup, nor a single warning, no slowdowns, and no ads. I installed freetube in preparation for getting screwed, and although I like it, ad-wise and speed-wise it's no different than hitting youtube directly.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Checked to see if there was any delay" is not entirely a good argument when I have post history of going through the JS.

That 5000ms wait is still in there; if I had to guess, your Pihole is preventing any real issue there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OK. I'm not claiming google isn't trying. I'm claiming it doesn't matter, and this is a solvable problem for end users. Most others in this thread are saying just FF and ublock does it, so I probably have overkill going on.

I only know this is happening with Youtube recently because of seeing other people talk about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Same here. uBO + Firefox

If there's been a delay, it's not been noticeable to me