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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] 103 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I experience suboptimal viewing by having to watch ads. If I had to pick one or the other, I know which one I prefer.

[–] akilou 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's crazy that Google thinks people would rather watch 15 seconds of ads than 5 seconds of nothing.

[–] tyrefyre 9 points 1 year ago

What’s even crazier, for some people, actually a lot of people, they are right. Some people can’t be left alone with silence for that long.

Not me, but they are out there.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

suboptimal viewing [of the ads]