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Earlier this morning we posted that YouTube is intentionally worsening the performance of individuals using ad blockers. This has been reported by various media outlets. We have concluded this is incorrectly being reported.
gorhill, the current primary developer of uBlock, has investigated the issue extensively and believes to have identified the primary cause of the performance issues AdBlock users face, why it impacts them, and why it does not impact uBlock users.
tl;dr buggy code dating back to 2014, issue impacts more than just YouTube
You can read the full thread here: https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1746263759495077919
gorhill, the current primary developer of uBlock, has investigated the issue extensively and believes to have identified the primary cause of the performance issues AdBlock users face, why it impacts them, and why it does not impact uBlock users.
tl;dr buggy code dating back to 2014, issue impacts more than just YouTube
You can read the full thread here: https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1746263759495077919
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There is a lot of chatter in the last days about how Youtube is slow with content blockers.
Those performance issues affect only the latest version of both Adblock Plus (3.22) & AdBlock (5.17), and afflict more than just Youtube.
uBO is *not* affected.…
Those performance issues affect only the latest version of both Adblock Plus (3.22) & AdBlock (5.17), and afflict more than just Youtube.
uBO is *not* affected.…
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