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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 150 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 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.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (6 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 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years 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?

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