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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        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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        1 year ago

        I’ve seen more than one hour long ad. It let you skip after 5 seconds, but imagine if someone were leaving it on as background.

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          1 year ago

          When they first launched YouTube Red I remember they were throwing whole episodes of their shows up as pre-roll ads.