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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Extensions like "agent spoofer" allow you to customize the details of what your browser reports to the web page.

Personally on my home pc, I'm using a galaxy s21 with the netscape browser

I find the use of having Firefox pretending to be Netscape like using your parent's ID to buy liquor underage. Too funny!