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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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[–] n3cr0@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is hillarious! I didn't even notice that. YT always delayed video loading a little. Is this really a change?

[–] boringbisexual@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't noticed any delay in Firefox. I have noticed that the ui fails to load sometimes. Video works just fine, but there's nothing else on the page. So hey, Google, if you could keep that up that'd be great.

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

from what i've understood, they are selectively pushing it out, like they did with the adblock blocking shit.

So not everyone is getting hit by it.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah it really just looked like the normal shitty youtube connection you get when their servers get a wee bit overloaded.