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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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Oh hey I ran into that issue, fixed it by blocking the element on ublock and spoofing my user agent
Which one? That'd certainly help to know how to do that
Lemme know if they ever reply.
Also interested in how you can do this.
I have ublock, with sponsor block and some others, and don't have any issues on yt as of yet. Just in case though, how do I block an element and spoof a user agent?