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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 Vincent@kbin.social to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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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€“] Scrollone@feddit.it 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Google - Be Evil.

[โ€“] heyoni@lemm.ee 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