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YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users (www.404media.co)
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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] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This goes against all the fundamental principles of how the Internet is supposed to work.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It really doesn't, they can do whatever they want with their website.

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

It really does because Google happens to control the browser that now dominates the market by a wide margin, and it's using it's monopoly position to break the internet. It's incredible that people can't understand the problem with this.