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.”

  • @ElectroNeutrino
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    31 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.

    • @Evilcoleslaw
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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.