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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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[-] 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.

this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023

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