I feel like this has been happening for a while, but maybe it's just that YouTube's website is shite.
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Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers
(www.windowscentral.com)
Down with google
And his stupid CEO specifically. I've yet to hear him pitch a good idea.
I have no issues at all, once a vid is running. Choosing a vid takes much longer these days though, because the goddam stupid fucking algorhythm serves up 95% slop these days. Already viewed vids, ones expressly blocked, "news" stories that are YEARS old, or those in weird foreign languages, make up most of the garbage I get offered....
I had to allow a bunch of stuff in pihole because I wasn't able to use Google flights or Google News and some functions in Gmail, the sites never finished loading
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this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2025
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