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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 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Freetube on PCs, LibreTube on Android. Block that, fuck-o.

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[–] Willer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Youtube be like: "Theyre the same people"

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I'm not experiencing that issue on Grayjay 👍

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