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YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, and it has nothing to do with your browser | The delay is intentional, but targeting users who continue using ad blockers, and not tied to any browse…::YouTube has clarified in a statement that users who use ad blockers will have a suboptimal experience regardless of their browser.
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Yeah, sure. That’s why it happens on Firefox even without an adblocker, and goes away when using a user agent switcher to claim you’re using Chrome instead of Firefox while using an adblocker. Because it’s toooooooootally about adblocking.
I tried this exact scenario and didn’t see any difference in load times. I’m using an ad blocker and it’s definitely sluggish, but switching to a Chrome user agent made no difference.
Yeah, people seem to be having very different experiences with it. It might genuinely be them rolling out different versions to different people to bug test it or something like that. Even if that’s the case I still think its probably not unintentional that it hurts Firefox more. They do that too much for me to believe it’s an accident.
It’s actually been confirmed that the 5-second wait happens regardless of browser. Even with Chrome.
I will stop using youtube before I stop using adblockers.
So if I use Firefox I have a choice between a 5sec delay or a 5sec delay and ads. That seems like an easy choice.
I would assume the ad gives the creator some revenue while the delay doesn’t
the ad is poison to my soul tho so its still better to delay
That’s extreme lol, I barely notice ads, they hardly exist to me
Whatever. Don’t give for free and claim after you need to get paid. That’s no business model, that’s something that currently works, a fad. And morally questionable at that.
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Brave, Orion and Vivaldi are also still standing.
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That is also true of Chromium browser is it not? Can you provide evidence of questionable or unethical privacy practices by Brave?
Here is what code Brave removes. 👍🏻
Where does most of Firefox’s financial support come from? 🤔
The other day my wife asked me “what’s that pipe website you use to be able to watch YouTube videos” then I realized it was because she got blocked by YouTube haha
Funny how soon it will seem as if chrome is the most used browser while it’s actually Firefox with a user agent change
Why does nobody ever list ReVanced for Android on these lists?
Sundar can diaf
I’ve got Firefox and Ublock, and don’t see any delays, warnings, etc. It may have to do with the fact that I’m not signed in with an account.
