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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It's already been recreated (vevo, peertube, etc.) it's just that those services don't have anywhere near the content Youtube has.

Thanks fot saving my time answering for all of us

Sadly, the problem is that the small platforms tend to attract all the scum that was blocked on YT. You know... all the racist anitisemitic nazi conspiracy theory ridden brains.