You can spoof it as Chrome because it’s a bias towards other browsers that aren’t chrome, regardless of whatever bullshit statements they put out to avoid getting sued or otherwise in trouble.
Comment on YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users
Octavio@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Honestly, I never bothered to install an ad blocker before today. I just figured ads were tolerable. This move by YouTube got me to switch to firefox and install ublock origin and oh my is it glorious. I can wait 5 seconds for my video to start since I am used to ads anyway.
Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I hate ads so much that I typically would start a video on YouTube with my phone/PC muted and then put the phone face down or turn off the monitor for ten seconds before going back to the video and rewinding to the start.
Octavio@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They honestly never bothered me too much but I have to say if they ever succeed in defeating the ad blockers it will be hard to go back now that I’ve seen this side.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
People have been conditioned into viewing ads as a normal every day part of life. It’s actually kind of scary, since it’s basically mind games to convince people to hand their money over.