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YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users (www.404media.co)

submitted 1 year ago by Vincent@kbin.social to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."

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[–] pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's funny they think 5 seconds of no content is worst of 10~30 seconds of ads.

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I think the goal it to make the user wonder "hum, looks like it's broken" hoping they disable adblocker during troubleshooting. I am not convinced at all about the effectivness of this measure, but it seems they are just trying anything.

[–] Igloojoe@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Most of the time, the commercial's volume is much louder than whatever content you are watching. So ya, I'd rather have nothing...