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YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users (www.404media.co)

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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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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I see an unskippable ad, I like to play the game "Roll the dice until Youtube gives up". Hit the refresh key until it gives me the correct video length. Devalues Youtube's ad product and costs YouTube more.

[-] sour@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

am close video on mobile

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

That is the way to do it. Then open it on NewPipe or another 3rd party app without ads if you want to see it.

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