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Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers (www.windowscentral.com)

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[–] SinkingLotus@lemmy.world 91 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Too true

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[–] timetraveller@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

Truth

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[–] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

Welcome back to 2007

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