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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 stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Hedup@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Does this apply to Freetube, Invidious and other yt mirrors?

[–] F_Haxhausen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Tee hee. I don't use UserTuber.

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Haven't experienced that so far (but that's probably because I don't log into my YouTube account anymore and mostly use private browsing), but I imagine that's something that adblockers will eventually be able to block?

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Funny, because my ad-blocked vids load just fine in Safari

[–] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

What's that federated video service that carries a bunch of YouTube videos?

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Peertube, but it’s not great yet. I’ve not tried to use it for a few years, so maybe it’s gotten better.

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