Is Google deliberately slowing down YouTube video buffering for adblock users?

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  1. stapp

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    Not seeing this at all, nothing out of the ordinary with YouTube. I use uBlock Origin and Enhancer for YouTube.
     
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    Didn't see it either (yet?).
     
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    is no longer maintained and thus not available, get "improve youtube" instead. (for chrome and firefox available)
    fort the issues, dont know, yt is code changing 365 days a year, experience changes. if i like videos i just download them. the usual cat and mice race.
     
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    Installed it, giving it a try. Preferences is a bit kludgy
     
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    and if you get updates for this you can be sure that yt has changed code again ;)
     
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    Yes, I've noticed that slowing down as "it takes a few seconds to start playing a video." It could last up to 8 seconds.
    And it, mostly, happens when I use Firefox.
    That drag is less noticeable with Brave.
     
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    google, of course.
    Like eBay, bunches of spoiled children. Glad (Ebay) lost the suit being sued by sending dead animals to defendants house (Ebay).
    google, and more companies no better.
     
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    @ronjor
    This time, however, YouTube seems to have nothing to do with it, Ublock Origins developer Raymond Hill previously discovered based on Firefox's profiler tool.
    In it, performance issues on several sites could be seen.
    Hill states that the delays are especially noticeable on sites that are dynamically updated.
     
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    I watch sometimes live streams on YouTube i.e. webinar etc so this method isn't fit for all content
     
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    I do the same.
     
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