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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€“] ares35@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

'not to worry, chrome will soon not have good adblockers, and those that remain will be crippled and have size-limited filter lists that must be distributed with the addon via our 'store'--meaning we can (and will at some point) shut down any filter updates that block our shit.'

[โ€“] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Fair enough. I stopped using chrome a looong time ago so no problem anyway