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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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[–] hark 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem is that the paid option eventually gets ads anyway. See cable TV and soon Netflix.

[–] Bulletdust 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Furthermore, the price of YouTube Premium is increasing.

Gotta ensure the greedy corporation makes record profits quarter over quarter.

https://9to5google.com/2023/07/19/youtube-premium-price-increase/

[–] Bazoogle 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is that the paid option eventually gets ads anyway.

The problem is that YouTube hasn't done something, but you think they will? Cable television has basically always had commercials. When it started, it was mostly just government broadcasts, but when it got popularly commercialized, adverts were introduced. Netflix has a paid option with ads, but they also still have an ad-free option, so that still doesn't really substantiate your argument either.

There is no real evidence to think they will add ads to their paid service. Of course it's possible, but we don't need to make up things Google might do in the future to call them evil. There's plenty of things they're currently doing.

[–] hark 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The pressure of ever-increasing profits demands it.

[–] Bazoogle -2 points 1 year ago

Your comment assumes two things.

  1. Companies try to make more profit
  2. YouTube will make more profit by having ad contained paid tiers

The fist point is a fact of life.

The second one is simply not fact. It could be profitably, but it is far from guaranteed. They could just as easily make far more money by keeping the paid tier ad-free to avoid the loss of subscribers.