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i have this suspicion that this is deliberate because it's somehow more expensive for google to serve you videos from youtube's long tail. it feels like this whenever you try to dig deep into an obscure topic
(quoting https://twitter.com/thomas_violence/status/1849627627474293148)
its very cool that youtube is the largest collection of video footage ever assembled and it's borderline impossible to search. rocking up to the library of alexandria and the guy keeps showing you the same three scrolls and standing in your way if you try to look at anything else
@hikari Yeah, I think so too. When you click a video that’s old and doesn’t have many views it very obviously takes longer to load. I imagine that’s the time it takes for the server to retrieve the file from cold storage
@sky oh, yes! i have noticed this also and had the same thought. it can't be coincidence