Comment on YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users
n3cr0@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is hillarious! I didn’t even notice that. YT always delayed video loading a little. Is this really a change?
boringbisexual@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I haven’t noticed any delay in Firefox. I have noticed that the ui fails to load sometimes. Video works just fine, but there’s nothing else on the page. So hey, Google, if you could keep that up that’d be great.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 11 months ago
from what i’ve understood, they are selectively pushing it out, like they did with the adblock blocking shit.
So not everyone is getting hit by it.
pahlimur@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yep. And using the page feedback button get you off the list from what I can tell. No response from Google but removes the ad block shenanigans instantly.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Which, to me, screams that they want to make life miserable for the general masses who dont know any better, who will blame it on their browser or something else besides google.
While quickly removing it from the people who know how to complain about it, so they wont be invested/pissed off enough to go around explaining the technical aspects of what they are doing.