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Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."

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[–] simonced@lemmy.one 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Lol, I'd rather wait 5 seconds than see an ad lol.

[–] sour@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ads can be 15 minutes. Like they're adding goddamn infomercials now.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

At least 2-3 times I would get an entire K-pop music video as an ad.

Sure I can be skipped, but it will play when I’m in the shower listening to a podcast.

I don’t speak Korean or listen to kpop, so it’s weird it’s being advertised to me as I’m not the target audience.

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