Google's anti-ad scripts are breaking browsers and privacy plugins. It could get worse because Google controls the ad market, Chrome, and the extension store.

Google’s anti-ad scripts are breaking browsers and privacy plugins. It could get worse because Google controls the ad market, Chrome, and the extension store.

  • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Same here. I tried loading the same 13-second video on Piped and YouTube. YouTube played it instantly. Piped took several seconds (probably longer than the video lasted) to start playing.

    • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      To be fair, Piped serves as a proxy, you’re not getting the content served directly from YouTubes’ servers