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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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[-] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 year ago

But they can't extend it longer than the shortest ads, since then it'll affect users after they watch ads too, which kinda defeats the point

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Exactly, so this still guarantees a better experience than ad viewers because you will always have the minimum ad length

[-] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

That's not a problem. Just put in longer ads. Or multiple ads in a row.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

Or multiple ads in a row.

They aleady do that

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