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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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[-] The_Cunt_of_Monte_Cristo@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

What an asshole company Google is.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 10 points 1 year ago

Google - Be Evil.

[-] heyoni@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

And in case you think this is just coming from random users: https://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1700627373&count=1

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