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.”

  • GreyShuck
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    1 year ago

    I experience suboptimal viewing by having to watch ads. If I had to pick one or the other, I know which one I prefer.

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      1 year ago

      It’s crazy that Google thinks people would rather watch 15 seconds of ads than 5 seconds of nothing.

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        1 year ago

        What’s even crazier, for some people, actually a lot of people, they are right. Some people can’t be left alone with silence for that long.

        Not me, but they are out there.