Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year ago

Is Google deliberately slowing down YouTube video buffering for adblock users?

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Is Google deliberately slowing down YouTube video buffering for adblock users?

Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year ago

Is Google deliberately slowing down YouTube video buffering for adblock users? - gHacks Tech News

Is Google deliberately slowing down the buffering of videos on YouTube for visitors who use an ad blocker?

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5•1 year ago
Luckily I just use Freetube and yt-dlp 🤷

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  I can’t seem to get yt-dlp to download audio with video.
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    1•1 year ago
    🤔 I just use yt-dlp $youtubeLink e.g yt-dlp 'https://youtu.be/fG8SwAFQFuU' and it downloads both.
    
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