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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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[-] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 112 points 1 year ago

I experience suboptimal viewing by having to watch ads. If I had to pick one or the other, I know which one I prefer.

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago

It's crazy that Google thinks people would rather watch 15 seconds of ads than 5 seconds of nothing.

[-] tyrefyre@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

What’s even crazier, for some people, actually a lot of people, they are right. Some people can’t be left alone with silence for that long.

Not me, but they are out there.

[-] fusio@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

suboptimal viewing [of the ads]

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