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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."

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[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 2 points 1 year ago

Nope, still too easy to get around.

[–] cmysmiaczxotoy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

It was happening for several days with me but it seems to be fixed now

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How many of you use YouTube on the actual website, and not just an embedded video on another site?

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I use YouTube for me subscription feed and for the video recommendations. I redirect every watch page to Invidious tho.

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[–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe changing your user agent just let's you reroll whether you are in the group of users that are used for testing the increased loading time

[–] itsathursday@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Little do these companies know that poor people know how to be patient and older people remember the days of free ad supported internet dialup via cds, so this is not new and people will continue where business models fail.

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