YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users

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YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users
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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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cough piped cough

All jokes aside, I strongly recommend a service like Invidious or Piped.

piped does not support live streams at this time unfortunately

On Invidious, not all instances support live streams, so you have to click around until you find one that does. Maybe it's the same for Piped.