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

Chrome users who use an adblocker don’t get the issue
Firefox users who do not use an adblocker get the issue
FIrefox users who use an adblocker, but change User Agent to Chrome, don’t get the issue

• takeda@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think uBlock might already be blocking that code.

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  • ours@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was getting the delay early yesterday and then it went away. I guess they must have done something in uBO.

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  • iAmTheTot@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just turned it off. No difference.

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    • Interstellar_1@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      YouTube rolls features out in waves

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• seathru@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Same here. Firefox, ublock origin, privacy badger. Videos start playing in under 2 seconds. I’ve also never got the adblock warning.

  Lucky I guess.

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  • SlippyCliff76@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They just haven’t rolled it out to you yet.

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