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_ • 4,160 points and 371 comments
  • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
    20·
    1 year ago

    Ever since I discovered Piped and LibreTube, I never looked back.And I used premium for years.

    • DuskyRo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      If only there was an easy way to selfhost piped or viewtube…

      I swear there would be more instances if they made an easy step by step guide but I guess that’s life when you choose FOSS…

    • Nelots@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      1 year 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.

      • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year 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

          • dan@upvote.auEnglish
            1·
            1 year 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).

              • dan@upvote.auEnglish
                1·
                11 months ago

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

    • Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Could someone please give me a rundown of how these work/if they have mobile apps? I’ve been paying for premium pretty much since Vanced was killed (and also before I found Vanced) and really the only thing that’s stopped me from using a YouTube mirror is the lack of good mobile applications.

      • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I found this is good explanation: https://lemm.ee/comment/4966310

        LibreTube is on F-Droid for an Android app, pretty sure there is something for iOS as well but not sure. It hs its issues but I manage. Set up low tier patreon for some content creators from my “premium budget” too.