Youtube SUX now

[GT710 Connoisseur]

I dont know if its just me, but the youtube on my pc has been eating my entire CPU up. Its a 10100f, so It isn't surprising to see like 10-15% useage by 1080p playback, but 40% is. It makes my whole PC lag. It only peaks when I try to get the HUD up. Can someone help???

[Kilrah]

Got an adblocker enabled on YT? They've been intentionally nerfing the performance hard if so. 

[GuiltySpark_]

Been helping many people in the discord recently and it’s always been down to their adblocker. 

[podkall]

6 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Got an adblocker enabled on YT? They've been intentionally nerfing the performance hard if so. 

like spamming the adblocker to increase it's usage?

 

 

[iNeedy]

17 minutes ago, TECHNICAL GAMER said:

I dont know if its just me, but the youtube on my pc has been eating my entire CPU up. Its a 10100f, so It isn't surprising to see like 10-15% useage by 1080p playback, but 40% is. It makes my whole PC lag. It only peaks when I try to get the HUD up. Can someone help???

Especially if you are using the uBlock origin extension, you might be able to install a script on the extension that makes YouTube unable to detect your adblocker, therefore theoretically speeding up your client.

Go to your settings page on your extension, go to the "built-in" section and make sure everything is flipped, then click "purge all caches" and then insert this script into the "my filters page":

 

! Youtube

!#if (!adguard_app_windows && !adguard_app_mac && !adguard_app_android)

www.youtube.com#%#//scriptlet('abort-on-stack-trace', 'btoa', '/[A-Za-z]lb \S+polymer/')

! For the closable popup

youtube.com#?#ytd-enforcement-message-view-model:has(> div.ytd-enforcement-message-view-model)

youtube.com#$#tp-yt-iron-overlay-backdrop { display: none !important; }

youtube.com#$?#tp-yt-paper-dialog:has(> ytd-enforcement-message-view-model > div.ytd-enforcement-message-view-model) { remove: true; }

! For the overlay

youtube.com#$#ytd-watch-flexy[player-unavailable] #player-container-outer.ytd-watch-flexy { visibility: visible !important; }

youtube.com#$?#yt-playability-error-supported-renderers:has(yt-button-view-model[dialog-dismiss]) { display: none !important; }

!#endif

 

 

 

 

Worked for me, hopefully it will for you. Just reload youtube and your adblocker will work flawlessly.

[jaslion]

10 minutes ago, podkall said:

like spamming the adblocker to increase it's usage?

 

 

Yeah basically. Ublock recently updated on firefox because suddenly my 8700t mini hp was chugging even at 720p 60

 

Now I'm back to 4k no sweat after a quick setting switch that will be in the next ver

[GuiltySpark_]

When this comes up I ask people to load Youtube in an incognito window, the problem is usually not present. Quick and easy way to isolate the problem. 

[podkall]

1 minute ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

When this comes up I ask people to load Youtube in an incognito window, the problem is usually not present. Quick and easy way to isolate the problem. 

or use Ublock if they use different adblock softw

[GuiltySpark_]

3 minutes ago, podkall said:

or use Ublock if they use different adblock softw

I was referring to isolating the problem to an extension, not as a solution. Just a troubleshooting step. 

[Kilrah]

Here it's been on and off without changes on my side showing the kinda race betwen YT and adblocker devs, such that it actually took me a while to make the connection. Once in a while it would become unbearably slow but the next day it was fine again so kinda forgot about it until a couple of days ago when it became persistent. 

 

Went to several seconds to just load a page or even to switch to fullscreen.

 

I don't even need an adblocker since i have premium, but it's just there because it is and I hadn't thought of disabling it for YT. Probably cause I figured they wouldn't even load the code for that if you have premium, but obviously that's not how it works...

[chtorogu]

FreeTube (Windows, Linux, Mac) and NewPipe (Android) works perfectly well for me still. These are free and open source, block ads and they don't track or data mine you. You can even set them to skip in-video ads. They're also very light and fast as they contain none of the bloat of YouTube and its apps. If you're concerned about cheating creators out of income, just donate to them. That way it all goes to them and none to big tech plutocrats.

 

FreeTube: https://freetubeapp.io/

 

NewPipe: https://newpipe.net/

[GT710 Connoisseur]

On 1/15/2024 at 1:00 AM, chtorogu said:

FreeTube (Windows, Linux, Mac) and NewPipe (Android) works perfectly well for me still. These are free and open source, block ads and they don't track or data mine you. You can even set them to skip in-video ads. They're also very light and fast as they contain none of the bloat of YouTube and its apps. If you're concerned about cheating creators out of income, just donate to them. That way it all goes to them and none to big tech plutocrats.

 

FreeTube: https://freetubeapp.io/

 

NewPipe: https://newpipe.net/

Youtube also needs the money though. If it doesnt turn in a profit, its going to killedbygoogle.com.

[GuiltySpark_]

Interesting. I guess it serves people right for using AdBlock and not uBlock Origin. 

 

https://www.neowin.net/news/adblock-google-did-not-slow-down-and-lag-youtube-performance-with-ad-blocker-on/ 

[chtorogu]

On 1/16/2024 at 4:02 PM, TECHNICAL GAMER said:

Youtube also needs the money though. If it doesnt turn in a profit, its going to killedbygoogle.com.

The main purpose of YouTube (and other social media) is information control, distraction, division and also data collection. The oligarchy would not let it go even if it lost them billions (chump change to them) as the benefits far outweigh the costs and losses.