I don't know if it makes a difference, but I'm in Canada and I've noticed none of this. No video load delays, no anti ad-blocker pop ups, none of it. I'm not going to stop using Firefox or Ublock Origin though.
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I haven't noticed this in the browser, but I've definitely noticed it using the YouTube app on Roku. No Firefox or ad blocker there.
It's punishing me and I'm using their app. Their video loading has been spotty as shit lately. And I know it's not my bandwidth, I've got 5Gbps available and 12ms latency to YouTube's closest data center.
I'm not even blocking the ads when I use it.
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Strange then how my Vivaldi browser doesn't have the load time, then. Almost like it's a punishment for non-chromium users.
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Youtube be like: "Theyre the same people"