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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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[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because we need go punish those who have the GALL to not want to have consumerism shoved down their throat 8 times in a 5 minute video.

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know I have not be a very good echo in this echo chamber, but you don't think it's a tad ridiculous to say YouTube is forcing it down anyones throat? Nobody is forcing anyone to watch YouTube, yet you say it as if they are.

Not to mention they literally have a legitimate option to remove the ads, so they REALLY aren't forcing it down your throat. Which means if the service isn't worth it enough to you to pay for it or watch ads, don't use it?

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

No you're right, it's no one is forced to use YouTube, however if you like any of the content creators it's the only place you can find them. And the issue with ads, is that it's not a few, it's unskippable ads every few minutes so that there is so much being shoved at you. YouTube of 10 years ago was a much more enjoyable experience.