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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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[-] irreticent@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

It's already been recreated (vevo, peertube, etc.) it's just that those services don't have anywhere near the content Youtube has.

[-] nfsu2@feddit.cl 8 points 1 year ago

Thanks fot saving my time answering for all of us

[-] Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 1 year ago

Sadly, the problem is that the small platforms tend to attract all the scum that was blocked on YT. You know... all the racist anitisemitic nazi conspiracy theory ridden brains.

[-] greenmarty@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago
  • they don't have Alphabet's backing
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