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[–] 35 points 10 months ago (11 children)

My ISP has started throttling YouTube to ~2mbps when viewed from desktop. Using a VPN gets around this and lets me watch in HD. Luckily I've not encountered this error yet, but if I do I guess it's no more YouTube for me, 480p is just way too blurry to put up with.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    I wonder if there’s any workaround besides VPNs like changing DNS or something?

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Phone->revanced

    Smart tv->smart tube next

    I don't ever watch YouTube on my laptop but I'm sure there are utilities available.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago*

    I use 1.1.1.1 so I don't think it's easily ignored by changing DNS. But interestingly while using Revanced and NewPipe on my phone I don't have any of the same problems. Maybe my computer is ignoring my router's DNS? Maybe mobile YouTube is delivered from a different server? I wish I knew but ultimately using a VPN still works for me and is a very low effort fix.

    What I don't get is why it's only YouTube they choose to throttle. I've never noticed any issues on other streaming websites and fast.com which literally uses Netflix servers is also full speed.

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