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."

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.”

  • snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    27·
    7 months ago

    Guess they’ll have to do a better job at convincing me that I should pay for what’s historically been free. I’ve never tolerated ads and I’m not about to start. At this point they’re encouraging me to carry on out of spite, underhanded tactics are just giving me more reasons not to do what they want.

    • etrotta@programming.devEnglish
      28·
      7 months ago

      You realize that they are only able to pay for “what’s historically been free” because of advertisements right? Google might be able to sustain Youtube even without ads because they have other revenue sources, but the vast majority of their revenue are from advertisements, and it would be a massive loss of money to keep Youtube up without it generating ad revenue. Hosting videos is one of the most expensive things a website can do. If we are to ever hope for other companies to compete with Youtube, we should expect for it to not be free. All that said, Google can still go fuck themselves though - I cannot possibly endorse their methods.

      • ipkpjersi@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        7 months ago

        Yes, I do realize how terribly expensive hosting videos is. It doesn’t change my stance as a customer/end user, however.

    • Yawnder@lemmy.zipEnglish
      311·
      7 months ago

      Make you pay for “what has historically been provided in exchange for a fee or advertisement for the past 17 years, one year after the service launched”.

      You’ll do what you want of course, but that fake outrage and righteousness is just pitiful. Just stop pretending and own that you just don’t want to pay for it as long as you’ll be able to.

      • Something_Complex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        7 months ago

        Dude you are the product. Or do you think that they didn’t build your profile based on your experiences and tastes and then sold it to other companies…

        Wow someone hasn’t understood how the internet works