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		driverdan on Nov 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if cr... > Half the time videos just play at 360p This is your ISP's fault for having bad peering.

kevincox on Nov 19, 2020 [–]

I'm 99% sure it isn't my ISP. I get a very good connection to everything consistently including Google services. And switching to 4k works nearly instantly and never has hiccups.

For some reason their detection algorithm is bugged out.

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