YouTube is loading slower for users with ad blockers yet again::YouTube users have noticed annoying delays and some features disabled when using ad blockers.

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I disabled all my adblockers except for adnauseam with strict blocking and now youtube is running really fast.

Adnauseam is the best because it clicks all the ads it blocks, making the anti-adblock bullshit think you’re clicking on ads.

Getting it on a chromium based browser is a little bit of a chore, but it’s well worth it, because no other adblocker works consistently

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It’s baffling to me, how many people complain about YouTube- and continue to use YouTube. At this rate, they could murder your families and you’d still give them business.

JUST STOP USING YOUTUBE.

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“Just stop buying food from the only place that sells food you like.”

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YouTube isn’t life sustaining. Maybe start with getting that understood.

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My biggest issue is circumventing ads on smart TV apps, 99% of my YT viewing is on a TV.

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Cheap android tv box (onn) install smart tube.

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I don’t live in the US so I don’t have as easy access to random Android boxes like the ones on Amazon, but yeah I’ll probably get one eventually. I have a Chromecast 4K, but I haven’t really explored all the available apps yet. I’d love to be able to sideload apps, if I could get Grayjay on there that’d be awesome.

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If you get a fire stick from Amazon and load smarttube app (side loading) you can use that and all the adverts and sponsor sections will be blocked out of your YouTube viewing. You can login to your YouTube account also with the app.

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It’s pretty easy

Just get YouTube premium

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Then you are part of the problem.

If no one bought that crap there wouldn’t be an insensitive for this psychological warfare.

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Imagine paying for content. What’s the saying? If it’s free you are the product?

Anyway, I paid long before the AdBlock crackdown.

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LOL

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Hey I like your username buddy it’s pretty cool

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The only issue I have with YouTube is that while using an Ad blocker it doesn’t track videos I have already seen in my subscriptions.

So it will tell me that I didn’t watch a video I just watched.

A small price to pay for an ad free experience but a bit annoying still.

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If your history isn’t working, it’s probably because you’re blocking s.youtube.com. If you whitelist that, history should work again.

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Don’t worry, my youtube does manage to track my watch history, and yet it will still recommend me a video I’ve just seen anyway!

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Works fine for me with Ublock Origin.

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Interesting. I got to have a peculiar list activated in Ublock that breaks tracking of watched videos.

Thanks for the feedback.

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