Reddit post on this.
Apparently PC Gamer is reporting a 15% CPU usage spike, on top of the throttled buffering.
Louis Rossmann has a video on it, too.
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Piped, freetube, new pipe or individuous ftw. Youtube-dl or just paste the URL into mpv also works pretty well. There's tons of ways to go past their BS. I am never turning off ad blocker ever again, I tried once and Internet was literally unusable.
Or yt-dlp these days.
It's the one I use, I just have an alias so I don't have to rethink that one every time I use it.
I'm using Skytube currently.
Interface could use some work (no playlists) but it lets you view/download without "recommendations".
looptube.io is my go-to at work where all the infrastructure is insufficient. Runs a lot smoother without choking on ads.