TIL why YouTube buffers when my network is fine. Set network to prefer IPv4 or disable IPv6

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Configure IPv6 for advanced users - Windows Server

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/configure-ipv6-in-windows

Provides step-by-step guidance for how to use the Windows registry to disable IPv6 or certain IPv6 components in Windows.

Configure IPv6 for advanced users - Windows Server

I have 2ms ping to YouTube and my network is wired 1gbit so it was odd to get so many buffering issues. So i did a search and this solution immediately solved the buffering issue! Prefer IPv4 or disable IPv6 and it's buttery smooth