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    2 months ago

    Oh, this is on android yt app.
    Pixel 8pro, so Google & Google.
    There isn’t any variable that they don’t have control of.
    Video playback after ads skips 500ms, plays 500ms, skips 500ms etc. Changing quality doesn’t fixing it. Play/pause doesn’t fix it, skipping doesn’t fix it. I have to fully quit YT app and restart it to get playback again, and chances are it starts the ads again.
    Never had an issue on FF, w10 or Linux.

    I get that streaming video is expensive for bandwidth. And creators need an incentive to create.
    I don’t expect it for free. I don’t YT enough to warrant a premium subscription.
    The ads literally break the platform for me.
    Makes sense to me to get into one of the alternative clients… But I don’t want to not pay my dues… It’s just not worth the £13 a month: there is no way I’m consuming that much content.