In Linux everything works without issues. I sometimes have music videos playing on the background and videos may pause after a while (30, 60 min maybe? not sure) but that’s about it.
In Android no delays and no ads, but I manually set resolution to 720p on my tablet and occasionally the video stutters a bit and drops to auto(360p). I mostly use it to listen to music videos and the audio keeps going during and after res drops so that’s fine; since I’m listening and not looking at the video I don’t even notice it happening. Resolution drops sucks when looking at the videos (vs listening to music) like when watching a documentary but I do that usually in landscape and I find resolution drops happen less often than when I’m using portrait/vertical mode for music.
I assume he’s asking because the EU has a bunch of laws that protects users from this kind of shitty behavior. When I went to the EU many of the apps I use became less shitty.
Does the EU actually have any laws that would prevent a company from doing whatever they want to try to fight ad blockers? I mean it would be really cool if they did, but I would be shocked if any government required a company not to try to prevent users from circumventing the way they make money.
I don’t know of any specific laws against them enshitifying adblockers. But there are things like the GDPR and in the EU big tech corporations are under constant scrutiny by regulators. Making them a lot less likely to do these kinds of shitty things in general. I assume that’s why she/he’s asking. Perhaps pressure from regulators has caused them to reframe from engaging in this same behavior in the EU? Out of caution?
Edit: I use the modified version of the Youtube app on iOS (uYou) and the skipping behavior happened to me and it reminded me to respond to your comment. I’m pretty sure they’re breaking adblockers on purpose.
Is this happening to any user in the EU?
Not to me (EU). I use Firefox with uBlock Origin.
In Linux everything works without issues. I sometimes have music videos playing on the background and videos may pause after a while (30, 60 min maybe? not sure) but that’s about it.
In Android no delays and no ads, but I manually set resolution to 720p on my tablet and occasionally the video stutters a bit and drops to auto(360p). I mostly use it to listen to music videos and the audio keeps going during and after res drops so that’s fine; since I’m listening and not looking at the video I don’t even notice it happening. Resolution drops sucks when looking at the videos (vs listening to music) like when watching a documentary but I do that usually in landscape and I find resolution drops happen less often than when I’m using portrait/vertical mode for music.
Why?
I assume he’s asking because the EU has a bunch of laws that protects users from this kind of shitty behavior. When I went to the EU many of the apps I use became less shitty.
Does the EU actually have any laws that would prevent a company from doing whatever they want to try to fight ad blockers? I mean it would be really cool if they did, but I would be shocked if any government required a company not to try to prevent users from circumventing the way they make money.
I don’t know of any specific laws against them enshitifying adblockers. But there are things like the GDPR and in the EU big tech corporations are under constant scrutiny by regulators. Making them a lot less likely to do these kinds of shitty things in general. I assume that’s why she/he’s asking. Perhaps pressure from regulators has caused them to reframe from engaging in this same behavior in the EU? Out of caution?
Edit: I use the modified version of the Youtube app on iOS (uYou) and the skipping behavior happened to me and it reminded me to respond to your comment. I’m pretty sure they’re breaking adblockers on purpose.
Because EU has a track record of putting stop to shitty practices by major corporations.
Would not surprise me if they leave EU out of this just to prevent a potential conflict.