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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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[โ€“] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I don't know if it makes a difference, but I'm in Canada and I've noticed none of this. No video load delays, no anti ad-blocker pop ups, none of it. I'm not going to stop using Firefox or Ublock Origin though.

[โ€“] Lafrack@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It could be that Google is releasing this incrementally. It seems a bit random who gets it and who doesn't

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