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Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers
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this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2025
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If you use Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-video-quality/
I'm don't having a functioning computer right now because i can't afford even a used one. I'm just using the YouTube app on ny phone or tv
If you're on Android, get pipepipe from f-droid.
Not only is it a way better and more functional YouTube app, it doesn't do ads.
I like Grayjay
Ya that works too. At the time I discovered it I was using piped for a long time already. Greyjay had some more bells and whistles and the UI is more overwhelming at first. It also had a big that was annoying and functioned fine in piped so I stuck with that in the end. Also greyjay is a massive app by comparison if you care about that.
If your phone is Android, NewPipe is an open-source, third-party client that permits setting quality. It's on F-Droid (the big open-source app repository) if you use that, and probably on Google Store as well.