Trying to use it via Firefox is pointless. I just downloaded the video and pirated. Fuck YouTube.
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2024
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Been using revanced, sometimes using Iceraven (ff fork) w/ ublock origin on phone, and using librewolf (another ff fork) also w/ ublock origin on desktop. So far never encountered slow down since November 2023.
Is this slow down only on select extension issue? Although when it first happend (late 2023) I was thrown up by sudden yt not loading on my librewolf but it only happend only on single day, afterward it gone.
I am for sure one of the smaller number of people doing this, but I watch YouTube on my TV using the TV app. As a result I always had to watch ads. I wish I could avoid them. I suppose a could watch from an alternative and then AirPlay it to my TV, but that’s about it.
I bought a chromecast with google TV specifically for this purpose, with it you can download "SmartTube" and watch youtube completely ad-free
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I remember when they first put ads in and people rebelled. Frogs in a pot because it's not like any of you will actually use peertube
People dont use Peertube because that guy over there doesn't use Peertube. Or that other guy. Other that person who makes content. I think you get the picture.
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Can someone create (or does it already exist?) an app that plays the videos in the background, remove the ads and then let you playback the whole video ad-free? Sort of like you did back in the VHS-days....
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I feel its slowing down Smarttube too, because I have to wait a few seconds for the video to start now. I don't know if it's a bug
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