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How can they make the experience worse for people using adblock if they cant even detect it
If they can detect adblockers, why not just block everyone using one like they were doing previously?
I wonder if it's a switch in strategy, i.e. The ad block ban popup gives clear notification to the user to update their adblock but slowing the video load speeds without giving feedback might be a more effective in slowing the arms race.
I mean... it definitely will if you turn off your ad blocker.
Until an alternative to Youtube happens, then this will continue.
Odysee? Rumble? Freetube? Re-vanced?
Then don't use it.
Obviously the "optimal" term vary according to the POV folks.
About all this is doing is making me update my lists in UBO more often.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
YouTube appeared to confirm reports that people with ad-blockers installed were experiencing a multi-second delay before being able to watch a video.
The Android-based news website Android Authority reported that people who weren't using Chrome noticed the delays, citing Reddit users who said they've experienced this delay while using browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge.
"In the past week, users using ad blockers may have experienced suboptimal viewing, which included delays in loading, regardless of the browser they are using.
Users who have uninstalled their ad blockers may still experience a temporary delay in loading, and should try refreshing their browser," a YouTube spokesperson told Business Insider.
In June 2023, it began preventing users with ad blockers turned on from watching videos and reportedly experimented with pop-up warnings.
More recently, X users began complaining and sharing screenshots of YouTube pop-ups warning them to not use ad blockers.
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I've switched to the FreeTube app on desktop and now I'm just using it without a second thought. No ads and a much faster and better YouTube with absolutely no ads.
I'm not about to pay one of the richest and morally corrupt companies in the world for YouTube.
I've been wondering why YouTube keeps playing the same three videos that I've already watched after each new one.
How about stop being evil, Youtube?
Oh wait...
