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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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[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months ago

YouTube sucks now. Just constant ads.

[-] abuttifulpigeon@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

cough piped cough

All jokes aside, I strongly recommend a service like Invidious or Piped.

[-] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

piped does not support live streams at this time unfortunately

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

On Invidious, not all instances support live streams, so you have to click around until you find one that does. Maybe it's the same for Piped.

[-] dakd2@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

laughs in "phoronix" without "adblocking"...

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