▲ 380 ▼ Youtube slowing down due to addblock (www.tomsguide.com) submitted 2 years ago by hurtn@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 80 comments fedilink hide all child comments Any suggestions on alternatives for blocking adds?
[–] DivisionResult@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) and brave if you are not interrsted toó much on workarrounds? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Any non-chrome browser will experience a 5 second delay (IF they have an adblocker) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 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)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) "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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Same here. uBO + Firefox If there's been a delay, it's not been noticeable to me permalink fedilink source parent [–] DivisionResult@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago But brave is based con Chrome.V8 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Any non-chrome browser will experience a 5 second delay (IF they have an adblocker) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 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)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) "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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Same here. uBO + Firefox If there's been a delay, it's not been noticeable to me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 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)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) "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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Same here. uBO + Firefox If there's been a delay, it's not been noticeable to me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) "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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Same here. uBO + Firefox If there's been a delay, it's not been noticeable to me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Same here. uBO + Firefox If there's been a delay, it's not been noticeable to me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Same here. uBO + Firefox If there's been a delay, it's not been noticeable to me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DivisionResult@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago But brave is based con Chrome.V8 permalink fedilink source parent