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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 stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Onii-Chan@kbin.social 142 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I'd still prefer to wait 5 seconds than have to watch a fucking sanitized corporate advertisement trying to sell me bullshit I don't want and won't buy with annoying fucking music, voiceover, and footage of people pretending to be happy.

Fuck off, Google. Good thing this will be easily bypassed anyway.

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If it were one ad I might be fine with it, but it's usually 2-3 ads every 5-10 minutes, at a volume twice as loud as the video, and each up to 2 minutes long.

[–] Event_Horizon@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

A made the mistake of watching YouTube on my TV a few weeks back, without an ad blocker. I was getting 1-3 15 second ads every 2-3 minutes!

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

And inserted randomly within the content

[–] interceder270@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

footage of people pretending to be happy.

Oof, get'em.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I hate ads too. Would you consider paying for a service so it's user supported instead of ad supported? I do, pay for YouTube, Spotify, Hulu no ad tier. It gets old because it starts adding up. I'd rather pay for a user owned platform like a coop of some kind, but still, these things do cost money to run.

[–] MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I won't pay for Youtube because they keep making their product worse and treating creators horribly.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I won't pay for YouTube because the executives are literally thousands of times wealthier than I am.

Why the fuck would I give money to people who are already obscenely rich?

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Hulu no ad tier.

I won't be shocked when they eventually get rid of this altogether. They shouldn't be shocked when I switch to 100% piracy when they do.

Fuck ads.