Epic launcher slowing internet

Around the time version 4.12 came out, the epic games launcher is slowing the internet for other programs when it’s downloading something, to the point not even web pages will load. I have a 1mbps connection, but this never happened pre-4.12. I’ve tried changing the connection priority like it says in the launcher troubleshooter but this only makes the downloads in the launcher slower (The launcher downloads at top speed otherwise). Is this a bug? Is there something corrupted with the launcher installation? ( note that it happens on both my main pc and laptop).

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