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."

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.”

    • JokerProof@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      10 months ago

      Youtube is great not because of itself, but because of the content, none of which they are the creator of.

      • HerrBeter@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        I say this a lot but I’d happily pay for YouTube if the company didn’t run it so arbitrarily

        • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
          51·
          10 months ago

          And I sure as fuck don’t want to pay now, if this is how they treat their viewers

    • pajn@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      There isn’t any alternative for either content creators or consumers so of course people can’t just stop using it. But that doesn’t mean everyone should just accept anything from them. These kinds of things definitely hurt both the YouTube and Google brands and there definitely are Google products that you can stop using and avoiding to give money to YouTube.