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YouTube videos are skipping to the end for users with adblockers (9to5google.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I've been having this.

My videos are also randomly going from 4k to 360p, and having long hitches/pauses. Thats assuming the page loads at all, which may take a few refreshes...and its not an internet/connection related issue.

happening with Firefox with ublock origin.

edit Honestly, the youtube pages (and only the youtube pages) act slow and laggy like the CPU is running at 100% doing hard number crunching. yet system monitor shows its not even breaking 10% load on the CPU, and that firefox's process isnt even using half that, so it feels like theres something artificially slowing the page down, in retrospect.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My videos are also randomly going from 4k to 360p, and having long hitches/pauses

I'm seeing this as well. Except I'm not using an adblocker on youtube, and I am paying for youtube premium...

I don't think it's entirely caused by youtube fighting adblockers. I think it's more likely just a regular, boring, old fashioned fuck-up.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

I am paying for youtube premium…

Oof.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seems like it's working as intended - have you seen the sponsor to content ratio on YouTube these days?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

I actually haven't. Any info on this? I'm curious to see which one is dropping faster.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Good riddance, I can't wait until I'm free from the instant gratification of videos by fancy ad vessels being narcissistic on the internet. The move to video and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

I already use sponsorblock, ublock and dearrow alongside Vanced patches, piped and newpipe on mobile. Quitting YT is the next step.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's happening because people allow it to happen. I recently unsubbed from a channel because they were beginning to use community posts to promote sponsors. Like a giant fucking post with complete BS like "I always wanted to do X video and now thanks to RAID SHADOW LEGENDS include huge pic it is now reality. Thank you RAID SHADOW LEGENDS and with code BullshitPromoFromYT you get 10% off the newest hat or whatever shit they sell in that game". Some people complained and asked the creator not to do this, but they were quickly flooded by the hordes of "they have to make money somehow"-drones. Despicable.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

they were quickly flooded by the hordes of “they have to make money somehow”-drones.

On the one hand, fuck the comment drones.

On the other hand, that's the freelance/gig economy for you. Everyone's out there hustling until they can reach their passive income workless lifestyle dreams.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh no!

uBlock Origin updates

Anyway...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

More and more Im trusting the fact that ublock origin will correct these issues in short order. Youtube must really hate those guys...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Youtube must really hate those guys...

Makes you wonder how long it will take, before Raymond Hill plummets to his death from a basement window.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

More anticipating him getting sued out of existence Media Matters style, by vexatious filing in the Fifth Circuit.