Browser/Chrome and YouTube

[KongHarald]

- 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

[KongHarald]

Publicado originalmente por plat:

Did Chrome do a silent update in the background maybe? There should be a Help/About Chrome button in the Settings menu.

Good question, in the settings it says that 'Chrome is updated' but it doesn't say anything about when it was updated...

[davidb11]

Publicado originalmente por KongHarald:

Publicado originalmente por davidb11:

Weird. My issue finally got fixed, so that makes me happy.
I didn't even do anything.

Same happened to me a couple hours ago lol, but it didn't last tho

Yeah, my problem returned.
What the hell is going on here?

Wait, I got it to temp fix by basically going to the sign in page, and then backing up.
Well, the "Unable to access a google product." Due to some weird issues I lost my account on my computer for Youtube in 2018, and they still won't reactivate it.
No, I was not a spambot, and I don't know why they can't get that.

But it seems like going back and forth makes it work.

[KongHarald]

You mean I should sign out from google and sign in again? Naa that sounds even weirder doesn't it?
Still working?

[davidb11]

Publicado originalmente por KongHarald:

You mean I should sign out from google and sign in again? Naa that sounds even weirder doesn't it?
Still working?

I don't know how long it lasts.

But do try it.
See if it works.

It broke again, so it doesn't last long.

[KongHarald]

This is really weird. Is it only with YT for you or is it the same with every page you open in Chrome?

[davidb11]

Publicado originalmente por KongHarald:

This is really weird. Is it only with YT for you or is it the same with every page you open in Chrome?

IT's only Youtube that's broken.

It's a temp fix for me, but I don't mind it.
Because I have no way of figuring out how to fix this permanently.

[KongHarald]

Same for me, YT only. I'm lazy so I'll just use FireFox for now, problem solved. Have a nice weekend

[N3tRunn3r]

Chrome? I am disgusted!

Mozilla Firefox[www.mozilla.org] + uBlock Origin[addons.mozilla.org]

or at best:

Firefox Developer Edition[www.mozilla.org] + uBlock Origin[addons.mozilla.org]

Mozilla and their products do use a very different engine than all these Google-infested browsers, forced-ads crap and stealing and gathering your privacy data!

You can even use Firefox and its Developer Edition + uBlock Origin by Raymond Hill on your Smartphone devices... for ever ads-free !!

No need to use any bloated, influenced and forced "Apps".. a reason why you should also leave Apple BS ..



Google Chrome[en.wikipedia.org] and Opera[en.wikipedia.org], so other browsers from this "family" for example Edge[en.wikipedia.org] do use the "Blink[en.wikipedia.org]"-Engine, which forces ads on your machines and devices and steal your informations..

The iOS editions of mentioned browsers as well as Safari[en.wikipedia.org] do use the "WebKit[en.wikipedia.org]"-Engine which does the same, stealing info and forcing ads and apps.. especially their "Apps"..

Steam uses the CEF[en.wikipedia.org] (Chromium Embedded Framework), it is never "safe" to use Steam's integrated "Browser" .. you are completely out of control there ..

Firefox[en.wikipedia.org] uses the "Quantum[en.wikipedia.org]"-Engine, made for privacy and security .. a reason why the "TOR"-Browser is built as a Firefox-Fork..

I have used Mozilla Firefox for minimum 2 decades, only Firefox, and switched over to Firefox Developer Edition a couple of years ago, for even more performance, speed and possibilities.. for privacy & security and other features and editings..

"Firefox + uBlock Origin" is a must-have on your PCs, Laptops and Smartphones .. !!

!! NOTHING ELSE !!

So never use an app like the YouTube App.. use Firefox.. never be logged in to Youtube or any Alphabet/Meta accounts, and reconsider to use any KDE software as WebKit was a KDE-fork..

[Raelic]

Nah, this isn't unique to this user. They're rolling something out in waves. There's a few people all over the internet reporting it. It's only happening on Youtube as well. Someone messed up something for the adblocker nonsense. There are fixes, but it's time consuming and will probably need to be done on a regular basis.

So if it's really annoying you... it's time to at least have another browser for Youtube.

Personally, I find adblockers a security feature more than a convenience. So I will not be disabling mine ever.

[davidb11]

Publicado originalmente por Raelic:

Nah, this isn't unique to this user. They're rolling something out in waves. There's a few people all over the internet reporting it. It's only happening on Youtube as well. Someone messed up something for the adblocker nonsense. There are fixes, but it's time consuming and will probably need to be done on a regular basis.

So if it's really annoying you... it's time to at least have another browser for Youtube.

Personally, I find adblockers a security feature more than a convenience. So I will not be disabling mine ever.

That explains a lot.
My friend showed me the Youtube reddit.

It's a giant mess for certain.
Ugh.
Nothing wants to work.
Chrome was what I used for so many years, it's not even funny.
I could go back to Firefox, but I uh, use that for browsing the stuff I don't want Google to know about. :P

THat rhymes with corn. :)

[J4MESOX4D]

https://www.pcgamer.com/its-not-just-you-youtube-is-slowing-down-your-pc-if-you-have-adblock-installed-by-making-your-cpu-sweat-likely-as-part-of-its-draconian-war-on-ad-blockers/

[Raelic]

I took the advice here and installed Mozilla Firefox.

Almost a decade ago I took the internet's advice and went to Chrome and appreciated that advice at the time. Now I appreciate the Firefox advice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GibiNy4d4gc&ab_channel=DisneyMusicVEVO

Oh, but for the record... all this privacy stuff is really overblown. I appreciate getting targeted ads. Where I draw the line is if a government agency can easily get at the data for location purposes on a witch hunt. But other than that... why would I care if they track me? It creates marketing jobs and I get to see stuff I want instead of a bunch of ads for old people.

[Electric Cupcake]

Publicado originalmente por J4MESOX4D:

https://www.pcgamer.com/its-not-just-you-youtube-is-slowing-down-your-pc-if-you-have-adblock-installed-by-making-your-cpu-sweat-likely-as-part-of-its-draconian-war-on-ad-blockers/

No quarter asked or given.

[Electric Cupcake]

A week or two back, every video immediately throttled to 144p.

I added ||googlevideo.com/videoplayback$xhr,3p,method=get,domain=www.youtube.com to the manual filters and it hasn't reoccured.

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/18uf6uh/youtube_freeze/

[plat]

Confirmed all observations (I use Firefox also!). uBlock Origin is apparently aware of these little "tricks" and is updating the Quick Fixes asap. I personally have experienced: quality degradation, shadow banning, removal of the notifications # at the bell icon, and that horrible overlay blocking the videos.

So, I know I'm on "the list" somewhere, getting these little gnat-like annoyances. When something isn't immediately fixed, I use Brave which has its own ad-block system courtesy of EasyList maintainer FanboyNZ.

Edit: here is an article someone already posted on another site. It directly addresses OP's correct observations.

https://www.techspot.com/news/101524-youtube-escalates-battle-against-ad-blockers-rolls-out.html

It's time to start blaming YouTube for just about everything now.

Re-edit: Now I'm reading the slowdown could also be due to uBlock Origin itself as well as certain websites (didn't mention YouTube specifically. Ugh, guess this is an evolving matter and may not affect everyone. Even more annoyed with YouTube now, even when it's "innocent."