Cdub100 3,474 Posted January 15 Basically, if you're using some sort of ad blocker YouTube is burning your CPU up. I noticed my computer moving much slower and youtube being almost unusable the past couple of days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gepetto 1,013 Posted January 15 Is this for certain Youtube's doing? Or is it a result of the Ad-Blocker program itself? How would one know? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cdub100 3,474 Posted January 15 3 minutes ago, Gepetto said: Is this for certain Youtube's doing? Or is it a result of the Ad-Blocker program itself? How would one know? You can test your ad blocker on other sites. I get a large CPU spike upwards of 10% when I open youtube. Other streaming sites don't have the spike. This is recent BTW the past week I started to notice it with this weekend being really bad. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pimpadeaux 2,370 Posted January 15 You seem particularly whiny today. You'd think the Yoopers would be happy after the Lions win. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,169 Posted January 15 I have 128GB of RAM in my build now so no issue. I also never used ad blockers, I actually get recommended decent stuff sometimes that I end up buying Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EternalShinyAndChrome 2,811 Posted January 15 28 minutes ago, iam90sbaby said: I have 128GB of RAM in my build now so no issue. I also never used ad blockers, I actually get recommended decent stuff sometimes that I end up buying what is some of that "recommended decent stuff" that you use? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mookz 1,291 Posted January 15 30 minutes ago, iam90sbaby said: I have 128GB of RAM in my build now so no issue. I also never used ad blockers, I actually get recommended decent stuff sometimes that I end up buying Think I started using Brave because of you. Do you still use Brave? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horseman 1,593 Posted January 16 39 minutes ago, iam90sbaby said: I have 128GB of RAM in my build now so no issue. I also never used ad blockers, I actually get recommended decent stuff sometimes that I end up buying Same. Had to build a new computer after 10 years because the old machine wouldn't decode H265 video containers now default from the newest GoPro cameras. I hope @Cdub100 isn't surfing around youtube like a teenager, but, if you need to watch a video on there just download it with yt-dlp so you don't have to put up with their nonsense. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,169 Posted January 16 59 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said: what is some of that "recommended decent stuff" that you use? I get a lot of tech/gaming ads, I'll click and buy from time to time. Pretty sure last thing I bought from an ad was my mouse pad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,169 Posted January 16 57 minutes ago, Mookz said: Think I started using Brave because of you. Do you still use Brave? I don't but I don't have a problem with it, just got lazy and never installed it on my new phone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeenHereBefore 1,362 Posted January 16 I heard that happens when you run YT and Porn Hub at the same time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,784 Posted January 16 this sounds like deep state sh1t. take the tinfoil hat off bruh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cdub100 3,474 Posted January 16 19 hours ago, Mookz said: Think I started using Brave because of you. Do you still use Brave? I still use brave as my main browser. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mookz 1,291 Posted January 16 1 hour ago, Cdub100 said: I still use brave as my main browser. Nice. I use it on my phone and as one of the browsers on my laptop (for some reason I use different browsers for different things). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IGotWorms 3,475 Posted January 16 23 hours ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said: what is some of that "recommended decent stuff" that you use? Fleshlight, I’m guessing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HellToupee 777 Posted January 17 4 hours ago, Cdub100 said: I still use brave as my main browser. Did you ever try duck duck go?I like the feel of it a little better than Brave Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HellToupee 777 Posted January 17 https://12ft.io/ the link is for 12 Ft Ladder. The site “legally” strips Java off paywalls to read for free 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GobbleDog 829 Posted January 17 I saw this topic on Reddit, but ... I haven't noticed any problems. And I Youtube a lot, with AdBlock Plus. About three months ago for the first time ever I got the message "You must disable your ad blocker to watch"... no way to get beyond that message. So I disabled my AdBlock. Then a few days later, I enabled it again and it worked fine... for about a week or so. Then I got message again. So I disable, and a few days later, I enable and it works fine. Obviously there's a cat and mouse game going on between Youtube and AdBlock. Regardless, my AdBlock is working now and when I click on a Youtube link... yeah, my CPU goes up 15% for a mili-second... then back down to 2-5% and stays there. So it isn't "destroying my cpu". Then again, I have a fairly decent cpu (Ryzen 7 3800x). Also don't experience any buffering issues - videos are always smooth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
