▲ 84 ▼ YouTube limits Video Viewing for Ad blocker Users (samrome58.substack.com) submitted 2 years ago by Kingsilva@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] 0x815@feddit.de 18 points 2 years ago (3 children) YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users 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." permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Skelectus@suppo.fi 46 points 2 years ago (1 child) Honestly, staring at a blank page for 30 seconds would be preferable to 30 seconds of ads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ozoned@beehaw.org 17 points 2 years ago As someone that watches Twitch through MPV, I can confirm watching "Ad Playing" is preferable to actually watching an annoying ad. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Crotaro@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago* I knew I wasn't just imagining things. I like to listen to music on YouTube when driving to work. And sure, the internet reception there is spotty (danke, Merkel), but for a couple weeks now I've consistently had a very long "buffering" period every time the next video/song loaded up. Well, joke's on them. I found out about NewPipe and its built-in video/audio downloader, because I complained to an acquaintance about it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DeForrest_McCoy@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I only seem to barely notice the difference... At first i couldnt understand what everyone was talking about...but yeah its a small delay over what it used to be. Also it seems any bookmarked vids will no longer autoplay.... you have to click play... is that a thing anyone else has to do ? I tried Edge and it seemed only a small bit faster to me, but it did autoplay. Are there any other anomalous strange effects google has done to youtube that i might have missed ? I never had issues with adds on FF and ublock ... still don't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Needing to click to play a video is a Firefox feature, and it's been there for ages already. It doesn't allow any audio to play until you interact with the page. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skelectus@suppo.fi 46 points 2 years ago (1 child) Honestly, staring at a blank page for 30 seconds would be preferable to 30 seconds of ads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ozoned@beehaw.org 17 points 2 years ago As someone that watches Twitch through MPV, I can confirm watching "Ad Playing" is preferable to actually watching an annoying ad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ozoned@beehaw.org 17 points 2 years ago As someone that watches Twitch through MPV, I can confirm watching "Ad Playing" is preferable to actually watching an annoying ad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Crotaro@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago* I knew I wasn't just imagining things. I like to listen to music on YouTube when driving to work. And sure, the internet reception there is spotty (danke, Merkel), but for a couple weeks now I've consistently had a very long "buffering" period every time the next video/song loaded up. Well, joke's on them. I found out about NewPipe and its built-in video/audio downloader, because I complained to an acquaintance about it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DeForrest_McCoy@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I only seem to barely notice the difference... At first i couldnt understand what everyone was talking about...but yeah its a small delay over what it used to be. Also it seems any bookmarked vids will no longer autoplay.... you have to click play... is that a thing anyone else has to do ? I tried Edge and it seemed only a small bit faster to me, but it did autoplay. Are there any other anomalous strange effects google has done to youtube that i might have missed ? I never had issues with adds on FF and ublock ... still don't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Needing to click to play a video is a Firefox feature, and it's been there for ages already. It doesn't allow any audio to play until you interact with the page. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Needing to click to play a video is a Firefox feature, and it's been there for ages already. It doesn't allow any audio to play until you interact with the page. permalink fedilink source parent