• Siresly@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    I’ve noticed occasional “buffering” before playback starts through the past week or so. Takes like ten seconds before the video starts playing. Hasn’t been worse than that so far, knock on wood.

    Youtube feels like an impossible service to actually compete with, whether through the enormous and complicated setup required or amassing creators/users. It’s basically a monopoly and it sucks. One will just have to resist Google’s bullshit using whatever means available for as long as possible.

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        2 days ago

        Yeah, I’d genuinely rather watch whatever amount of seconds forced ads are of black, silent screen than see an ad. It sucks and is awkward, but whatever.

      • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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        2 days ago

        I’ve noticed a lot of videos give me a still ad and make me click “skip” at the very start of videos through my ad blockers.