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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 11 months 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] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Look, I think YouTube is one of the few major "social media" sites that net positive for social good. And it loses Google money every year with saving everyone's videos forever and hosting 4k and even 8k content...

But you can't withhold the carrot and use the stick. They're eroding trust with the people that have liked and supported YouTube throughout the years. There are plenty of people like me, that would gladly pay some amount of money. Just not THAT amount of money. Create some payment tiers and decent benefits for climbing up it.