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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] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What an asshole company Google is.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Google - Be Evil.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

And in case you think this is just coming from random users: https://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1700627373&count=1