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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 11 months ago by Vincent@kbin.social to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 24 points 11 months ago

I think it's less panicking and more informational. The enshittification of Google has commenced and this is just documentation.

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