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KongHarald Jan 12, 2024 @ 4:35am

Browser/Chrome and YouTube

- Yesterday I switched on my computer and opened up YouTube in my browser and it was so slow, it took ages for the page to load, maybe 30 seconds to get the page loaded (all the thumb nails) and the video to start running, normally it takes 1 second, tops. When the video is ready to load however it runs fine with no buffering, but when I scroll down to see the comments it took ages again to see them and to get the thumb nails of the recommended videos on the right hand side loaded. While the video was running I opened up another tab and tried different pages, football results, news papers, twitter, you name it, they load fast as they normally do. Browser is Chrome, I always use Chrome and it's never been a problem before.

So I switched to FireFox and here YT loads fast as it normally does with no problem.

It's the same today: Chrome slow with YouTube. FireFox fast with YouTube.
Any ideas?
Thank you

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Electric Cupcake Jan 12, 2024 @ 4:49am

Using chrome? You invited the demon onto your system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6jIvKiYOs

KongHarald Jan 12, 2024 @ 5:01am

Okay

The irony here

Chrome is still my standard browser I haven't changed the settings yet, so when I clicked on your link it opened in Chrome and lo and behold YT was normal again, no 30 seconds loading time whatsoever. It's just so weird

plat Jan 12, 2024 @ 5:29am

Sometimes, it's a matter of clearing the browser's caches, like history, cookies, etc. I prefer to use a third party software to do this so I don't get logged out of my websites.

But it's good you got it working again.

KongHarald Jan 12, 2024 @ 5:44am

Yes but I have no idea how it magically solved itself, yesterday I even opened up the cabinet and and vacuumed for dust, and then I used the CC cleaner and removed 1,5GB of ♥♥♥♥♥, but it didn't fix it then. In my mind I feared some kind of Chrome specific virus (idk if that's even a thing but what do I know lol) that could steal my passwords or something.

Electric Cupcake Jan 12, 2024 @ 5:47am

Originally posted by KongHarald:
Yes but I have no idea how it magically solved itself, yesterday I even opened up the cabinet and and vacuumed for dust, and then I used the CC cleaner and removed 1,5GB of ♥♥♥♥♥, but it didn't fix it then. In my mind I feared some kind of Chrome specific virus (idk if that's even a thing but what do I know lol) that could steal my passwords or something.

Chrome literally is spyware. Stealing data is it's primary purpose.

KongHarald Jan 12, 2024 @ 6:05am

I get that. Is FireFox better in your opinion?

davidb11 Jan 12, 2024 @ 6:49am

IT's not Spyware at all.
LOL wut.
I've been having this issue since yesterday and it will not fix itself.
I have tried everything.

I have restarted my computer.
I've removed all Ad blocking things from Chrome.

I've done so much and everything is borken still!

_I_ Jan 12, 2024 @ 6:52am

did you try clearing chromes browser cache?

davidb11 Jan 12, 2024 @ 6:55am

Originally posted by _I_:
did you try clearing chromes browser cache?

OH. Right. I forgot about that.
Did that. It didn't fix anything.
Sigh.

Unless I have to do the full restart.

Last edited by davidb11; Jan 12, 2024 @ 6:57am

_I_ Jan 12, 2024 @ 7:34am

try the reset and cleanup button

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davidb11 Jan 12, 2024 @ 7:37am

Originally posted by _I_:
try the reset and cleanup button

Ew. Okay. I'll try that.
I hate having to go and log in all over again on Amazon, Twitch, etc, just to do this.

Update.
Couldn't find the reset and clean up button.
I did remove everything though.

Still didn't fix anything.

Last edited by davidb11; Jan 12, 2024 @ 7:43am

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KongHarald Jan 12, 2024 @ 8:58am

This is so weird. YT via chrome is slow again... I don't get this. Another thing I discovered is that a music album that I downloaded (premium) a week or so ago is gone.

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