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For me, I find the Youtube has just gotten worse as time's progressed. At this point, the player's buggy, the site doesn't adjust well to different screen sizes, I have playback issues like crazy, the interface is unintelligible.

I just automated the downloading and playing of Youtube videos from the command line. Here's the script that'll do it: https://gist.github.com/lelandbatey/7594106

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actually, you do raise a very good point. The playback has been super buggy for me the last six months or so. Often times beyond usable. It seems the only way to get it actually play is using watching the embedded video. I do it so much out of habit anymore that I often don't notice.

I do actually have that installed (or at least something like it) I actually use it a fair bit for things I want to watch but don't want to listen too. Somewhere between comcast and youtube I find it nearly impossible to stream 1080p quality videos. I feel like youtube doesn't buffer like it used to.

Yeah, I think they started to get really aggressive about controlling how people access Youtube videos, trying to keep from sending more data than is absolutely necessary over the wire to keep costs down.

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