Comment on YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users
FeelThePoveR@lemmy.world 10 months agoI don’t know how stupid YouTube devs would have to be to:
- Tie the delay that was supposed to fight AdBlock to user-agent (changing it to chrome fixes the issue)
- Ignore Youtube Premium users that pay for ad-free experience
For those reasons I think it’s pretty safe to say that this goes beyond stupidity and into malice territory.
Bazoogle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What evidence is there of this being user-agent based? I’ve heard people make this claim, but I have not seen evidence of it and when testing on my own machine there was no delay at all.
Dontfearthereaper123@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I’d wager Googles only releasing it to some users at first like they do with most things.