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.”

  • woelkchen@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m a subscriber of YouTube Premium and I still get loads of ads. On the right sidebar I get offered to buy movies and TV shows, sponsored segments everywhere, etc. I’m literally using ad blockers on top of my Premium subscription because everything got out of hand. I even use ReVanced on my phone because of its SponsorBlock integration.

    If Google continues to fail to read the room, I may cancel the subscription, move all my video needs to Piped and Nebula, the latter I also have a paid subscription for. How is that in Google’s interest?

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      1 year ago

      I’m also a subscriber of Premium and have my adblocker turned on. Google still tracks you just as much as without Premium

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        1 year ago

        Google still tracks you just as much as without Premium

        Obviously. You’re still visiting a Google service after all.