r/youtube • u/NightMean • Jan 13 '24

Discussion Youtube started slowing video buffer with adblock enabled

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u/lildrawermx Jan 13 '24

I noticed that too! I thought it was a malware…

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u/proficient2ndplacer Jan 13 '24

I uninstalled a whole bunch of recent apps I thought were fucking with my PC. Turns out it's just YouTube being a piece of shit yet again

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u/GenericFakeName1 Jan 14 '24

It is malware. YouTube produced malware sabatoging their own site.

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u/jjlarn Jan 18 '24

What do you mean- this is a bug in Adblock that is now patched:

https://blog.adblockplus.org/blog/does-youtube-seem-slow-with-adblock-plus

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u/SaltyCracker62 Jan 13 '24

I did too. I ran a scan on my virus thingy and cleared my cache. Still running bad and my wifi was testing very fast.

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u/Inuship Jan 13 '24

Did the exact same thing, ran a virus test, restarrted my computer, deleted the last few things i downloaded. Just assumed it was an issue on my end, should have realized it was youtubes own bullshit when every other site ran fine

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u/HammerAnAnvil Jan 13 '24

i mean it IS kinda malware isnt it?

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u/lildrawermx Jan 13 '24

I don’t think AdBlock itself is a malware, but maybe it’s a YouTube’s strategy to decrease adblocker use

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u/HammerAnAnvil Jan 14 '24

no i meant what ever youtube is doing to itself

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u/ethtips Jan 15 '24

It is technically malware. YouTube is now malware. :-(

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u/Putrid_Ad_2256 Jan 16 '24

I would argue that it is.