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YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users (www.404media.co)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So you want to constantly be a slave to your consumerist impulses as you uncritically consume everything thrown at you,

Holy shit dude what happens to you when you see an ad??

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You need to inform yourself about advertising. Go and look up Edward Bernays. You literally can't stop ads affecting you, except by eliminating them. You think you're being a critical consumer, but you're right where they want you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know more about advertising than you do man, sorry

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

That's pretty presumptive. And pretty unlikely as you've shown yourself to be very naive about how advertising works. If you have any qualifications in it, your initial confusion shouldn't have been there.