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Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users (www.theregister.com)
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[–] mawkishdave@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And freetube is making it so much better.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Something I didn't even realize I wanted was to not have some eyeball-pulling algorithm recommending things to me. It's lovely.

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yep. Personally use Piped, but it's the same idea. It basically saves me hours of watching useless videos everyday.

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Now if only Piped wouldn't error out and be unusable for 10 minutes at a time every couple hours...

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It doesn't for me, though.

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I have been trying to figure out why since I started using it... searches spin forever, videos spin forever, some videos just spit "Error 1003" immediately, and then they become accessible 10 minutes later. I even tried filing an issue to no avail. I may end up looking for other alternatives.

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you tried changing the instances? Some instances simply perform better than others.

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I have, but the ones I tried weren't much better. I looked again and there's a few new ones, so I'll try those and update if they work faster/more consistently.

[–] Salix@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's why I've been using YouTube without logging in and if using in browser, I have the cookies autodelete after I close the page to start new each time.

It never really recommended me what I wanted anyway. I guess the algorithm doesn't work on me.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What freetube?

[–] FMT99@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Google it and join us in video paradise

[–] SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

What about sponsor block?

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't care. I was giving you the opportunity to inform others about something you think is cool. You blew it.