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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 [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] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How many of you use YouTube on the actual website, and not just an embedded video on another site?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I do, on desktop anyway

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I use YouTube for me subscription feed and for the video recommendations. I redirect every watch page to Invidious tho.