Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-01-16 19:14:42 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F6B7E7637E9BA5B57A674E9D6B54C3AF6483D2151F8ACF11C8CB84D5A64F1130
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Original Note:
Recent performance issues on the YouTube website were caused by a bug in the popular advertisement blocking extensions AdBlock and AdBlock Plus. YouTube itself did not intentionally slow down the webpage speed for users who block ads. https://gitlab.com/adblockinc/ext/adblockplus/adblockplusui/-/issues/1576#note_1727415603 https://www.neowin.net/news/adblock-google-did-not-slow-down-and-lag-youtube-performance-with-ad-blocker-on/
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