TechnologyEnglish • 1 year ago

YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave

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YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave

TechnologyEnglish • 1 year ago

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YouTube begins new wave of slowdowns for users with ad blockers enabled

YouTube recently started slowing down its entire site whenever ad blockers are used. A new wave of slowdowns is hitting...

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15•1 year ago
It would also help if I were served ads that even attempt to approach the vicinity of my own interests. That is vanishingly rare.
- @glimse
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  14•1 year ago
  SoundCloud serves me casino ads and ads in Spanish
  
  I don’t gamble and I don’t speak Spanish
  - @Sterile_Technique
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    11•1 year ago
    
    I don’t gamble and I don’t speak Spanish
    
    …yet.

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