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YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users::Users are reporting that YouTube has begun adding a five second delay when loading a video on non-Chrome browsers like Firefox. Read on!

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[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is not Firefox specific. It's another anti ad blocker technique they're trying.

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wait, so their solution to people using adblock is to add a 5sec delay to everyone's videos?

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 months ago

Everyone not on chrome/chromium based browser it seems. Get everyone to switch to chrome then remove chrome's ability to block ads I assume is the plan, though I doubt anyone using Firefox isn't aware of chrome and this is likely to push them further away, not towards it.

[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

To anyone using an ad blocker it would appear. Not saying it's right, just trying to correct misinformation.