YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users - eviltoast

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.”

  • SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    YouTube didn’t have ads before it got bought IIRC, not that it would have lasted that way even if it was not bought

    • Kumatomic@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      It’s been many years, but I remember a small banner ad below the video and maybe one to the side. It was so reasonable though it’s hard to remember for sure.