Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.
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Posted in r/youtube by u/vk6_ • 4,157 points and 371 comments
  • @[email protected]English
    6•7 months ago

    Piped is just too inconsistent for me. I gave it a solid month or two, but half the time I open it up none of the instances are loading any videos. Eventually I gave up and looked into other options, ended up using FreeTube.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•7 months ago

      It does have it’s issues, can’t deny that. Can use LibreTube as Android app and 99.9% of my youtube viewing is on mobile

        • @[email protected]English
          1•7 months ago

          Libretube is a totally different app whereas Revanced is just some patches on top of the official YouTube app, so the feature sets are going to vary a lot between the two. Libretube doesn’t let you log in to a Google account at all (but it does support importing a subscription list).

          • @[email protected]English
            2•7 months ago

            Any method for blocking ads / patching chromecast? My kids and I do the majority of our YT surfing from the couch.

            • @[email protected]English
              1•7 months ago

              Not that I know of, sorry! It looks like third-party apps like Newpipe don’t support Chromecast :/