They can’t. If they make the wait period too long, people will just think YT is down. And having constant downtime as a content delivery platform is really bad PR.
Comment on YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users
Abnorc@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Why? This is weird. Why not enforce a full 30 second delay or some length corresponding to the length of the ad? That would be a sure way to make people who can’t circumvent the block turn off the ad blocker. That or they’d just do something other than watch youtube, which is also possible I suppose.
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Coil@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Doubtful. I’d rather see a black, silent screen for 30 seconds then an ad for some clone of a game.