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[–] S_204@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Trying to use it via Firefox is pointless. I just downloaded the video and pirated. Fuck YouTube.

[–] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you run mpv https://url it will stream it from youtube and play it in mpv, without having to wait for the whole video to download first.

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[–] ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Good things come to those who wait (and block ads)

[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also I'd rather wait without ads than wait with ads, like what's the point?

[–] ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

If you wait in front of an empty screen it's much more pleasant than being in front of visual and audio spam drilling into your head.

It's of course true that YouTube can't support a website for free, so it would be the correct thing to watch some ads: problems arising are that (A) some ads are malicious (either as misinformation or as viruses or as links to those), (B) they've grown from a reasonable amount to an unreasonable one and often interrupted at the worst possible time)

[–] Crafter72@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Been using revanced, sometimes using Iceraven (ff fork) w/ ublock origin on phone, and using librewolf (another ff fork) also w/ ublock origin on desktop. So far never encountered slow down since November 2023.

Is this slow down only on select extension issue? Although when it first happend (late 2023) I was thrown up by sudden yt not loading on my librewolf but it only happend only on single day, afterward it gone.

[–] Zummy@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (11 children)

I am for sure one of the smaller number of people doing this, but I watch YouTube on my TV using the TV app. As a result I always had to watch ads. I wish I could avoid them. I suppose a could watch from an alternative and then AirPlay it to my TV, but that’s about it.

[–] SpookySnek@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago

I bought a chromecast with google TV specifically for this purpose, with it you can download "SmartTube" and watch youtube completely ad-free

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[–] rabiddolphin@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I remember when they first put ads in and people rebelled. Frogs in a pot because it's not like any of you will actually use peertube

[–] yukiat@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People dont use Peertube because that guy over there doesn't use Peertube. Or that other guy. Other that person who makes content. I think you get the picture.

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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I feel its slowing down Smarttube too, because I have to wait a few seconds for the video to start now. I don't know if it's a bug

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