Google slows down Firefox users when watching YouTube…

  • verysoft
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    1 year ago

    I’d use FreeTube, but the quality was not as good as on YouTube itself, has that changed?

    • I don’t know. For any given video? I’ve seen high res options, but TBH I don’t watch much on YT - certainly not movies, or anything that’d really matter - and don’t pay much attention to it.

      It’s free, if you want to check out how the current version works.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, just gave it a shot. I’m just too accustomed to YTs quality that the drop just isn’t worth to me, at least while I’m still not ad-block blocked.

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            1 year ago

            It only supports up to 1080p/60fps, most videos I watch these days have 1440p or more, so the increased bitrate immediately makes the videos look a lot more crisp. For just a side to side 1080p comparison, there isn’t much difference, just some more artifacting on the edges of things (not really that noticable). Maybe due to the YT stream being VP9 and FreeTube AVC? I don’t really know to be honest.

            • Oh, maybe that’s it. I don’t think I have any devices in the house capable of displaying more that 1080p, and I don’t use YouTube for any content where that’d matter. That’s interesting, though; I wonder if that’s a limitation enforced by YT on third party apps.

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                1 year ago

                The higher resolutions on YT have higher bitrate, so even on a 1080p screen the 1440p and 4K options look a lot better.