YouTube videos are skipping to the end for users with ad blockers [U]
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Some users with adblockers installed have noticed that videos are skipping straight to the end all of the sudden.
  • MonkderDritte@feddit.deEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I’m surprised Google didn’t try to push some sort of compiled javascript, to avoid examination, till now.

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    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.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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      6 months ago

      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.

    • KneeTitts@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

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

      • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        6 months ago

        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.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago

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

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      6 months ago

      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.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 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.