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YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users (www.404media.co)

submitted 1 year ago by Vincent@kbin.social to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Oh let me splain that, it's not what you think silly!

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[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I just moved to using Freetube.

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