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Google slows down Firefox users when watching YouTube.... (fosspost.org)

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Google slows down Firefox users when watching YouTube....

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[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Freetube has been the biggest life improvement on how I consume YouTube. The fact that it gets better recommendations and I can list my subscriptions in an easy way, even import them is something I miss in all the rest of alternatives.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Between FreeTube and NewPipe, I haven't visited YouTube in about a year. It makes it a bit surreal when I see so many complaints about ads.

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

Then I use someone else's laptop or phone and see the amount of ads everywhere and how much time is taking away from them.
How can one put up with that..

[–] verysoft@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'd use FreeTube, but the quality was not as good as on YouTube itself, has that changed?

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't know. For any given video? I've seen high res options, but TBH I don't watch much on YT - certainly not movies, or anything that'd really matter - and don't pay much attention to it.

It's free, if you want to check out how the current version works.

[–] verysoft@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, just gave it a shot. I'm just too accustomed to YTs quality that the drop just isn't worth to me, at least while I'm still not ad-block blocked.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What's the drop in quality you see? Is there an example video? I can't detect a difference.

[–] verysoft@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It only supports up to 1080p/60fps, most videos I watch these days have 1440p or more, so the increased bitrate immediately makes the videos look a lot more crisp. For just a side to side 1080p comparison, there isn't much difference, just some more artifacting on the edges of things (not really that noticable). Maybe due to the YT stream being VP9 and FreeTube AVC? I don't really know to be honest.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh, maybe that's it. I don't think I have any devices in the house capable of displaying more that 1080p, and I don't use YouTube for any content where that'd matter. That's interesting, though; I wonder if that's a limitation enforced by YT on third party apps.

[–] verysoft@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The higher resolutions on YT have higher bitrate, so even on a 1080p screen the 1440p and 4K options look a LOT better.