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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/technology

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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] 71 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I do not think Google deserves the benefit of the doubt anymore, people need to stop using their services.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

No one's going to unless someone recreates YouTube, which isn't happening anytime soon.

[–] irreticent 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's already been recreated (vevo, peertube, etc.) it's just that those services don't have anywhere near the content Youtube has.