YouTube has clarified in a statement that users who use ad blockers will have a suboptimal experience regardless of their browser.
YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, and it has nothing to do with your browser | The delay is intentional, but targeting users who continue using ad blockers, and not tied to any browse…::YouTube has clarified in a statement that users who use ad blockers will have a suboptimal experience regardless of their browser.
Remember that just like with everything YouTube doesn’t apply changes to all users across the whole site simultaneously. They always do gradual rollout with randomized user impact. So as to not upset or raise too many alarms at the same time. It’s been their MO for about 10 years now.
I can already imagine the bullshit wired articles about how users are Switching from Firefox to Chrome, remember how they tried to claim people were uninstalling ad blockers, when in reality they were switching to uBlock Origin, that was pretty funny.
Yeah it looks like they’ve switched away from the 5-second penalty for having ad blockers to counting down the number of videos you’ll be shown, then after 3-2-1 it’s ‘adblockers violate youtube’s toc’
My opinion too. A lot of people say “Oh I couldn’t live without it, I’m constantly watching vids on there” so you ask for recommendations, look them up, and it’s 99% brain-rotting video porridge
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Remember that just like with everything YouTube doesn’t apply changes to all users across the whole site simultaneously. They always do gradual rollout with randomized user impact. So as to not upset or raise too many alarms at the same time. It’s been their MO for about 10 years now.
As has been the MO of many large sites for a while now. It’s called blue-green deployment.
If that’s blue green deployment, then what is red yellow deployment?
Yeah and while I’m sure it is useful for minimizing outrage at controversial changes, it’s mainly to prevent rolling out major bugs to too many people
Funny how soon it will seem as if chrome is the most used browser while it’s actually Firefox with a user agent change
ask the mainstream users if they using firefox lol
I can already imagine the bullshit wired articles about how users are Switching from Firefox to Chrome, remember how they tried to claim people were uninstalling ad blockers, when in reality they were switching to uBlock Origin, that was pretty funny.
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So if I use Firefox I have a choice between a 5sec delay or a 5sec delay and ads. That seems like an easy choice.
Yeah it looks like they’ve switched away from the 5-second penalty for having ad blockers to counting down the number of videos you’ll be shown, then after 3-2-1 it’s ‘adblockers violate youtube’s toc’
To be clear that is not new, that was a thing already before. Like from around July some people were already getting that.
I will stop using youtube before I stop using adblockers.
Have you tried Odysee or Peertube yet?
My opinion too. A lot of people say “Oh I couldn’t live without it, I’m constantly watching vids on there” so you ask for recommendations, look them up, and it’s 99% brain-rotting video porridge
What, you mean to tell me you don’t wanna watch MUTAHAR LAUGH COMPILATION AT FNAF FREDDIE FAZBEAR POOPING ON PURPLE GUY 3AM (GONE SEXUAL)?