Google Chrome's Latest Optimizations Let You Watch YouTube for 18 Hours on the M2 MacBook Pro

[Octavius8]

How does it compare to Safari and Edge?

 

[ackmondual]

18 hours of YouTube... how many hours of ads is that?

For those on Premium, that would be zero! Otherwise, it does depend on the programming. AFAIK... it's roughly an ad every 3 to 5 minutes, for 5 to 30 seconds ?

 

[macfacts]

I thought we have a Low Power Mode from Apple. Isn't it the same thing? 😙

Use Low Power Mode to save battery life on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

Low Power Mode reduces the amount of power that your iPhone or iPad uses when the battery gets low.

support.apple.com

We do need Low Power Mode on Mac OS.

Apple has a charge slower mode to help the environment

 

[East India Company]

Good lord, I would be happy about the contrary: if only one minute of YouTube could eat up all my battery, I would be much better off doing something useful instead...

 

[0924487]

I don't love Chrome as I actually think Edge is more advanced these days but man I am starting to worry at the level of Apple software lag in terms of modern features. Looking at AI, Siri, iOS, iPad OS, and even Ventura it looks to me like Apple is constantly focusing on silly stuff like Animojis while ignoring what people actually want and request.

Good thing for Apple Android is in a terrible state right now.

Apple could have bought OpenAI, instead, it’s bought by MS.

 

[Paradoxally]

Apple could have bought OpenAI, instead, it’s bought by MS.

I trust MS more with conversational AI than Apple. It's been over 10 years and Siri is still terrible.

 

[svish]

Good to see Google working on improving battery life while using Chrome.

 

[KevinN206]

Free ad blocker vs YouTube Premium for $11.99/mo or $119.99/yr.

Tough decision 🤣

Is it possible to block YouTube ads on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV without YouTube Premium or jailbreak? The closest that I found is an app Adlock but it seems rather cumbersome to use, and it's not possible on Apple TV.

 

[Bawstun]

Brave > Edge > Opera > Firefox > Safari > Aloha > Chrome and in that order. Mobile iOS anyway.

 

[ian87w]

Well, good for Chrome users. Meanwhile, I still won’t install Chrome on any of my computers, Mac or Windows.

 

[ian87w]

I trust MS more with conversational AI than Apple. It's been over 10 years and Siri is still terrible.

Well, that’s a conundrum. Apple got Siri by buying it in the first place, so to get it to be better, then Apple need to buy something better. 😂

 

[0924487]

I trust MS more with conversational AI than Apple. It's been over 10 years and Siri is still terrible.

But the things is, I don’t use anything MS except for work, and I don’t plan on doing so.

 

[0924487]

For those on Premium, that would be zero! Otherwise, it does depend on the programming. AFAIK... it's roughly an ad every 3 to 5 minutes, for 5 to 30 seconds ?

you can block ads and even block sponsors with sponsorblock.

 

[0924487]

Is it possible to block YouTube ads on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV without YouTube Premium or jailbreak? The closest that I found is an app Adlock but it seems rather cumbersome to use, and it's not possible on Apple TV.

Yes.

GitHub - qnblackcat/uYouPlus: uYou+ is a modified version of uYou (made by @MiRO92) with additional features and mainly made for non jailbroken users!

uYou+ is a modified version of uYou (made by @MiRO92) with additional features and mainly made for non jailbroken users! - qnblackcat/uYouPlus

github.com

 

[MJaP]

Well at least we know who is behind the development of Chrome now... cats! They want you to watch even more YouTube cat videos to lull you into a false sense of security, one cat will lay on your lap top preventing you from getting up whilst all the other cats take over the world!

 

[Denzo]

Random but I’ve changed my default search engine on safari to DuckDuckGo as I’ve gotten somewhat anti Google now. It’s great! So I wouldn’t be going back to chrome unfortunately

 

[bejib66000]

Then there’s me who doesn’t want to switch from Safari. LOVE the syncing between all of my devices and the privacy.

I like it too but I hate everything else. That's why I'm using Chrome/Brave instead.

 

[bejib66000]

Random but I’ve changed my default search engine on safari to DuckDuckGo as I’ve gotten somewhat anti Google now. It’s great! So I wouldn’t be going back to chrome unfortunately

Too bad it works much worse.

 

[bviktor]

Such as phoning home with user data? When I YouTube I use Brave!

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I always find it funny when people promote privacy AND Brave at the same time, while Brave is the very definition of spyware.

Brave (web browser) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

If you want tracking protection, install Privacy Badger from the EFF, not this garbage.

 

[gvanvoor]

Any graphs comparing the improved power consumption to other browsers when watching the same videos?
It doesn't matter if chrome uses half the power that it used to if it's still way more than other browsers...

 

[Denzo]

Too bad it works much worse.

Too bad it works, much worse?

 

[Denzo]

Any graphs comparing the improved power consumption to other browsers when watching the same videos?
It doesn't matter if chrome uses half the power that it used to if it's still way more than other browsers...

Can’t tell if you’re being serious. Power consumption of browser? Vs what? A lawnmower ?

 

[TheMacDaddy1]

I don't care what "optimizations" Google makes I am not switching off Firefox​

Lol as FireFox continues to lose even more market share month after month.

 

[TheMacDaddy1]

Then there’s me who doesn’t want to switch from Safari. LOVE the syncing between all of my devices and the privacy.

I try Safari every version. It never fails to let me down. At least it does it quickly so I can get back to Chrome.

 

[TheMacDaddy1]

18 hours of YouTube... how many hours of ads is that?

UBlock Origin ZERO ads. I have not seen a YouTube ad in many years.