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YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users (www.404media.co)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why? This is weird. Why not enforce a full 30 second delay or some length corresponding to the length of the ad? That would be a sure way to make people who can't circumvent the block turn off the ad blocker. That or they'd just do something other than watch youtube, which is also possible I suppose.

[–] Coil 16 points 10 months ago

Doubtful. I'd rather see a black, silent screen for 30 seconds then an ad for some clone of a game.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They can't. If they make the wait period too long, people will just think YT is down. And experiencing constant downtime on a content delivery platform is really bad PR.