Google’s anti-ad scripts are breaking browsers and privacy plugins. It could get worse because Google controls the ad market, Chrome, and the extension store.

  • Gestrid@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Same here. I tried loading the same 13-second video on Piped and YouTube. YouTube played it instantly. Piped took several seconds (probably longer than the video lasted) to start playing.

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      1 year ago

      To be fair, Piped serves as a proxy, you’re not getting the content served directly from YouTubes’ servers