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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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[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

And I want to personally blame all the tech savvy people that have helped chrome achieve monopoly status over the last decade. If you've used chrome as main browser, it's your fault.

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 points 1 year ago

Pointing fingers now after the fact is not productive. We need to educate people and lead them to alternatives like Firefox. Blaming people is not going to do that.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 1 year ago

something tells me you use(d) chrome

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 1 year ago

I used to, yes. I don't see how that detracts from my point.

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