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.”

  • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    But they can’t extend it longer than the shortest ads, since then it’ll affect users after they watch ads too, which kinda defeats the point

    • aidan@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Exactly, so this still guarantees a better experience than ad viewers because you will always have the minimum ad length