mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGoogle is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockerswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square256fedilinkarrow-up1931arrow-down114
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minus-squareBaguette@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 days ago www.youtube.com/##.paper-toast-open.yt-notification-action-renderer.style-scope.toast-button I believe it was this one, just add it as part of the filter list in ublock The extension I used for user agent was this one. I don’t think it matters what you spoof as, but I chose to spoof as chrome. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher/ So far it worked and I’m back to no ads and no interruptions
minus-squarenameisnotimportant@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThanks, I’ll have a look at this later and I’m sure it’ll prove useful for everyone!
minus-squareSunflier@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoOkay, I am trying to add it. Just copy your YouTube stuff -> go to myFilters -> paste?
minus-squareBaguette@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoYea, I have a couple more that I forget does what (I think a couple are for hiding youtube games and shorts and stuff), but it should just look like this in my filters.
I believe it was this one, just add it as part of the filter list in ublock
The extension I used for user agent was this one. I don’t think it matters what you spoof as, but I chose to spoof as chrome. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher/
So far it worked and I’m back to no ads and no interruptions
Thanks, I’ll have a look at this later and I’m sure it’ll prove useful for everyone!
Okay, I am trying to add it. Just copy your YouTube stuff -> go to myFilters -> paste?
Yea, I have a couple more that I forget does what (I think a couple are for hiding youtube games and shorts and stuff), but it should just look like this in my filters.
Ty so very much kind person.