L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoYouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about itmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square237fedilinkarrow-up1610arrow-down114file-text
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minus-squarecallmepk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·2 years agoMe, using Piped: what?
minus-squaree_mc2@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·2 years agoOr Revanced, or SmartTube or NewPipe etc etc. Fortunately and thanks to some great devs out there, we’re still able to give Google the big middle finger.
minus-squareaveragedrunk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI don’t mind tasteful, well paced ads. That said, I use New pipe and Firefox with Ublock Origin because no one seems to remember what those are.
minus-squareHawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agouBlock won’t block the new popups. You can remove them, but it will still pause the video at the moment.
minus-squareLrdThndr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoOkay. Explain something to me. I’ve tried to use piped, but it’s just so dogshit slow. Unusably so. What am I doing wrong?
minus-squarecallmepk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI am not sure… are you using a shared instance or self-hosting? I self-host my own instance and have no issue since my deployment
minus-squareerrer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoNoob question: do I have to run my own piped server to use it?
minus-squaretubbadu@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 years agoYou can, but you can also use one of the many public instances like piped.video, piped.yt and many more
minus-squareFree Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoNo, you don’t have to. They have a list of public instances.
Me, using Piped: what?
Or Revanced, or SmartTube or NewPipe etc etc. Fortunately and thanks to some great devs out there, we’re still able to give Google the big middle finger.
I don’t mind tasteful, well paced ads. That said, I use New pipe and Firefox with Ublock Origin because no one seems to remember what those are.
uBlock won’t block the new popups. You can remove them, but it will still pause the video at the moment.
That sucks.
Okay. Explain something to me. I’ve tried to use piped, but it’s just so dogshit slow. Unusably so.
What am I doing wrong?
I am not sure… are you using a shared instance or self-hosting? I self-host my own instance and have no issue since my deployment
Nothing. It’s dogshit.
Noob question: do I have to run my own piped server to use it?
You can, but you can also use one of the many public instances like piped.video, piped.yt and many more
No, you don’t have to. They have a list of public instances.