Comment on YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 year agofrom 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 1 year 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 1 year 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.
pahlimur@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Totally agree. My kids don’t understand why services like youtube suck so much at other people’s homes. My house is only FF with uBlock Origin and I’m looking at putting in a PiHole soon. It’s insane how bad the internet experience has become in the last decade.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I miss the mid 90s internet. When there wasnt even search engines. Just digital yellowpages and webrings, with no advertising or corporate exploitation.