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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also, that does not explain why:

Chrome users who use an adblocker don’t get the issue
Firefox users who do not use an adblocker get the issue
FIrefox users who use an adblocker, but change User Agent to Chrome, don’t get the issue

I am a Firefox user who uses adblock and I don't get the issue.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think uBlock might already be blocking that code.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I was getting the delay early yesterday and then it went away. I guess they must have done something in uBO.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just turned it off. No difference.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

YouTube rolls features out in waves

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here. Firefox, ublock origin, privacy badger. Videos start playing in under 2 seconds. I've also never got the adblock warning.

Lucky I guess.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They just haven't rolled it out to you yet.