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.”

    • @Fluid@aussie.zone
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      162 years ago

      Frog, meet boiling water. This is standard play, like adding ads in the first place. First it’s one short, then slightly longer, then two in a row, then interspersed… eventually it’s commercial TV, just one big ad. Give em inch, they take a mile. Advertising shits in your head, don’t let it.

        • @M500@lemmy.ml
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          122 years ago

          At least 2-3 times I would get an entire K-pop music video as an ad.

          Sure I can be skipped, but it will play when I’m in the shower listening to a podcast.

          I don’t speak Korean or listen to kpop, so it’s weird it’s being advertised to me as I’m not the target audience.

        • @ElectroNeutrino@lemmy.world
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          32 years ago

          I’ve seen more than one hour long ad. It let you skip after 5 seconds, but imagine if someone were leaving it on as background.

          • @Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world
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            2 years ago

            When they first launched YouTube Red I remember they were throwing whole episodes of their shows up as pre-roll ads.

    • RandomStickman
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      82 years ago

      Wait 5 seconds and it plays or bombarded with ads that, at best, takes 5 second and an manual action before watching a video?

      Yeah, if I wasn’t using Freetube on desktop I’m still not watching ads.