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[–] MurdoMaclachlan@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ah, I was wondering why YouTube was taking so long to load recently. I thought it was just because their code was shit, and it turns out I was right, but not in the way I thought.

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[–] nfsu2@feddit.cl 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are really the worst scumbags ever. They want world domination.

[–] 15liam20@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] Smacks@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They do the same shit for Google search results. Search weather or stock tickers with a Chrome user agent* and you get a rich, interactive chart of the weather forecast or stock history. Search with another mobile user agent and you get a static snapshot of the weather or stock price at an instant in time.

There's even an extension for Firefox for Android which changes the user agent for Google searches to Chrome, to get the rich content.

* just a user agent, not an actual browser, which proves that it isn't about browser capability, but rather abusing their monopolistic market position in search to further their web browser's market share. Sound familiar, Microsoft from the 90's?

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[–] SamVergeudetZeit@feddit.de 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] BritishDuffer@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

It's certainly not something I would do if I was in the middle of an antitrust lawsuit. Maybe that's why I'm not a billionaire.

[–] Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I didn't see it, I guess ublock again saved my ass before I could realize it.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did this dude really just link a Reddit post?

[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In this case you could be neutral about the source.

[–] themachine@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Nah, Reddit source. Wait 5 seconds.

[–] fenrasulfr@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Let's hope Europe stars investigating Google as a gatekeeper. That seemed to work miracles on Apple.

[–] F_Haxhausen@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Stop using youtube. It is made of poop.

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[–] GTG3000@programming.dev 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

So they're doing the same thing as that time they killed Edge and stretched its skin over chromium?

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[–] Soggytoast@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Lately (few months) YouTube will not load whatsoever on my android phone nor tablet very often, activating a VPN fixes it instantly. Using basic YouTube app

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[–] PoliteGhost@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (6 children)
[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of the "Netscape Navigator has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down" errors that Windows 98 used to throw.

It would only throw one, and you could just move it out of the way and keep using Netscape.

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

"Ok, so blocking adblock hasn't worked" "Let's just slow them down" "That's a great idea, no-one will ever notice"

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[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 1 year ago

Bruh. I thought that was uBlock bypassing the ad or something.

[–] alphapuggle@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy fuck I hope they get the pants sued off of them

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[–] thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Time to start copying those videos, irrespective of copyright, onto PeerTube instances.

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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh, I noticed YouTube videos taking a little extra longer to load.

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[–] Xune531@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago

What’s why it sucked ass this weekend?!? Fuckers.

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I noticed logging out of your YouTube account helps.

I just opened a private window in Firefox.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This actually helps with a lot of things on YouTube lately. It is slowly devolving into a truly crappy site.

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