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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 10 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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[-] ares35@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

'not to worry, chrome will soon not have good adblockers, and those that remain will be crippled and have size-limited filter lists that must be distributed with the addon via our 'store'--meaning we can (and will at some point) shut down any filter updates that block our shit.'

[-] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Fair enough. I stopped using chrome a looong time ago so no problem anyway

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