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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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[-] nix@merv.news 15 points 1 year ago

Its so strange they let their users store 2 hour+ VODS but dont let users upload edited videos? Would make so much sense and even save them storage since user’s would replace VODs with edited videos since no one watches VODs

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 12 points 1 year ago

In the relatively rare cases that I watch stuff on twitch, I usually watch the VODs. Don't have the time or energy to sit though hours of a stream in one sitting, nor am I usually able to catch one live, nor do I like feeling like I'll miss something if I have to leave early, so I prefer to just watch the recordings of them at my own pace over multiple sessions.

[-] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

I often watch vods. My favorite streamer's time zone and streaming schedule mean that I can only catch a couple of hours of the beginning of their stream before going to bed, and I couldn't regularly watch 8-10 hours of stream in one go anyway, so I watch the vods of the streams I want to see the rest of.

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing that it is probably them being comfortable with their niche, and they don't think they can break into the YouTube model the same way YouTube couldn't break into the Twitch model with YouTube Gaming (#killedbygoogle)

this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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