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

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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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[-] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago

Also, that does not explain why:

Chrome users who use an adblocker don’t get the issue
Firefox users who do not use an adblocker get the issue
FIrefox users who use an adblocker, but change User Agent to Chrome, don’t get the issue

I am a Firefox user who uses adblock and I don't get the issue.

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

I think uBlock might already be blocking that code.

[-] ours@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I was getting the delay early yesterday and then it went away. I guess they must have done something in uBO.

[-] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Just turned it off. No difference.

[-] Interstellar_1@pawb.social 14 points 1 year ago

YouTube rolls features out in waves

[-] seathru@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

Same here. Firefox, ublock origin, privacy badger. Videos start playing in under 2 seconds. I've also never got the adblock warning.

Lucky I guess.

[-] SlippyCliff76@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They just haven't rolled it out to you yet.

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