• Steve
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    82 years ago

    This doesn’t have any impact on video load times on Piped, does it?

    • TechNom (nobody)
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      42 years ago

      Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence*.

      • Except for Google. This is the same company that decided that ‘Don’t be evil’ is inappropriate for them.
  • danielbln
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    82 years ago

    I don’t notice this, Firefox on Mac, YouTube Premium. Do they only do this for YouTube Free? Yep, seems like it. Terrible nonetheless of course but it explains why I never experienced this.

    • @[email protected]
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      92 years ago

      All current conversations surrounding Net Neutrality refer to ISPs being neutral. Since this is happening at the browser level, it would not technically be a violation.

      For example streaming websites aren’t required to support Linux. It’s a dick move, but it’s not a violation to “block” users.

      That isn’t to say this isn’t a dick move, it absolutely is, but as currently defined it isn’t a Net Neutrality issue.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 years ago

        Hmm, perhaps not net neutrality then, but it could be anti competitive maybe. Like the Internet Explorer fiasco from back in the day.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 years ago

      Adblocks are really fucking them over and it’s gratifying seeing chrome uninstalls peaking rn.

    • TechNom (nobody)
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      32 years ago

      Actually, this isn’t the first time they did it. There was a thread by a mozilla ex-employee that described how Google destroyed Firefox’s market share using the same dirty trick.

    • e0qdk
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      142 years ago

      There are two US antitrust cases against Google right now:

      The first is related to things like paying to be the default search engine on iPhone, Firefox, etc. The second is related to ad tech. Neither really directly addresses the issues that average people have with Google’s behavior though, so keep filing complaints!

    • @[email protected]
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      Google gets sued for this shit all the time, but do you think you’re going to hear about this on Google or Youtube?

      Case in point, very few people know that they got sued for protecting multiple pedophiles as they were grooming kids on their platform.

    • guyrocket
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      322 years ago

      And, you know, broke them up into many smaller companies.

      • @[email protected]
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        32 years ago

        I wonder to what extent this will help, in the case of YouTube? Its so dominant of that market. Is it purely fiscal or also technical?

        • @[email protected]
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          122 years ago

          It probably would help, as Google couldn’t connect their advertising services that easily with YouTube, and both parties would have to be more independent.

          • Inevitable Waffles [Ohio]
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            62 years ago

            Youtube is a money pit. If it had to split from Google, they will need to up monitization pronto or shut down. While I do want Google broken like Bane cracking Batman, there will be casualities. Too many parts of our internet infrastructure exist via subsidization and we use them like utilities. It is going to be messy out there if the FTC succeeds.

              • Inevitable Waffles [Ohio]
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                42 years ago

                Agreed. I feel the same way about youtube going as Reddit did. For some of us, it is just a fun thing. Some people need it because it is their best access to knowledge. I worry for those who need it.

  • Gunpachi
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    112 years ago

    Just install the chameleon add on and set it to chrome. Problem solved.