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YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, and it has nothing to do with your browser | The delay is intentional, but targeting users who continue using ad blockers, and not tied to any browse...::YouTube has clarified in a statement that users who use ad blockers will have a suboptimal experience regardless of their browser.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they really had guts... go full paywall mode. No freemium with ads bullshit.

Don't pretend like hook and bait business model is not being used here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If YT did that, another company would just come and steal their market share with the same freemium system

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

At this point, I welcome the day that actually happens.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Why?

The only alternative is stuff like Nebula and Floatplane but I'm not convinced people are willing to actually spend $ on creator media