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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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[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] tyrefyre@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months 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.