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YouTube on TVs is cramming ads down your throat even when pausing videos (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 1 month ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] towerful@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've had it return from ads, make the video playback stutter. I refresh/reload or whatever, jump back in, get more ads, video playback stutter. It's annoying as fuck

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I have that issue when watching on Firefox (no matter the device). Always have to reload the video to get the frame rate back in sync otherwise it looks like it's playing at sub 24fps making even a live action video look like the Spider-Verse movie animation.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, this is on android yt app.
Pixel 8pro, so Google & Google.
There isn't any variable that they don't have control of.
Video playback after ads skips 500ms, plays 500ms, skips 500ms etc. Changing quality doesn't fixing it. Play/pause doesn't fix it, skipping doesn't fix it. I have to fully quit YT app and restart it to get playback again, and chances are it starts the ads again.
Never had an issue on FF, w10 or Linux.

I get that streaming video is expensive for bandwidth. And creators need an incentive to create.
I don't expect it for free. I don't YT enough to warrant a premium subscription.
The ads literally break the platform for me.
Makes sense to me to get into one of the alternative clients... But I don't want to not pay my dues... It's just not worth the £13 a month: there is no way I'm consuming that much content.