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Ask HN: How can I make YouTube load very slow and buffer a lot?

by Snowalker on 4/15/16, 1:18 PM with 15 comments

• by xyclos on 4/15/16, 1:26 PM

  I suggest that you have a direct and honest conversation with your son about a habit that you believe to be harmful.

• by Snowalker on 4/15/16, 2:00 PM

  I tried an honest conversation but he is back to his old habits. I like to see him happy and I like him to feel unrestricted but he watches these teenagers everyday and some of them speak pretty bad and do bad stuff. All I want to keep him away from this.

• by jmnicolas on 4/15/16, 1:34 PM

  Youtube is not the problem, it's the symptom. You're looking for a technical solution to a psychological problem, it won't work imo.

  But I realize I'm not helping you much here, good luck ;-)

• by noobie on 4/15/16, 6:26 PM

  I am on the phone so I haven't tested these.

  http://www.net-peeker.com

  https://www.netlimiter.com

  http://freenet.mcnabhosting.com/python/pyshaper/

  Like others have pointed out if this is just a symptom of another problem you'll only be teaching him how to be more patient and thus result in more wasted hours.

• by tkinom on 4/15/16, 3:39 PM

  I setup the wifi AP to block youtube for his computer for certain time period.

  Also, I reward him with game time / RC air plane building project time with me if he did certain % of Khan Academy each weekend. He's 4th grade and finished 35% of 6th grade math himself and did some javascript program course on Khan Academy.