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nradov on Aug 14, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bypassing YouTube video download throttling

It's FOMO on a second-by-second basis. No matter what you're watching now you could be watching something better. The UI even somewhat encourages this with the way it displays a list of additional videos below what's playing now.

majewsky on Aug 14, 2023 [–]

By default, it's even right next to what's playing now. It's only below when you're in theater mode.

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