Comment on YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 year agoSupposedly Firefox users spoofing the Chrome user agent don’t get the issue because the script tries to execute the 5s delay in a way that works on Chrome but not on FF. Because the Chrome method doesn’t work on FF, it just gets skipped entirely. But I’m not sure if that’s entirely accurate, just read about it.
Liquid_Fire@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But then shouldn’t there be a delay when using actual Chrome?
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 year ago
There’s people reporting exactly that if they’re using certain ad-blocking tools.
Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
My understanding is the method they can use on chrome is near instant, but the alternative they use on Firefox is slower, hence the delay. Is this BS? Yeah probably, but it does at least logically follow.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It could be as simple as for Chrome assuming there is a certain API, while for Firefox, give it a try and assume no if no response in 5sec
SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
I did see Chrome users mention a delay (on lemmy) but I haven’t personally checked it out