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YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users (www.404media.co)

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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."

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[-] queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 636 points 9 months ago

"They're the same picture."

Also, that does not explain why:

Chrome users who use an adblocker don't get the issue
Firefox users who do not use an adblocker get the issue
FIrefox users who use an adblocker, but change User Agent to Chrome, don't get the issue

Now, if only we knew who made Chrome and YouTube... The mind boggles.

[-] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 81 points 9 months ago

The last scenario is clearly a breach of anti-trust laws. It is time for alphabet to be broken up. Their monopoly is way worse than AT&T every was.

[-] thanevim@kbin.social -4 points 9 months ago

Alphabet's monopoly is bad, make no mistake.

But they aren't controlling all electronic means of communication for 90% of the continental United States, as AT&T did in the ma' bell and pa' bell days.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 30 points 9 months ago

But they aren't controlling all electronic means of communication for 90% of the continental United States, as AT&T did in the ma' bell and pa' bell days.

Google controls over 90% of the search business in the US and that's the way the vast majority of people begin their browsing. It's why US v Google is currently in the courts

[-] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 2 points 9 months ago

MS vs US back in the 90's did not result in anything significant. This pretty much will happen again with Google. Some lobbyists will just do their thing, some minor slaps in the wrist and concessments between DoJ and Alohabet etc and Google will continue to Googling around.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

I'm not trying to argue there's appetite to break up Google among the people with the power to do it. I'm just arguing Google has a monopoly similar to Ma Bell.

[-] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah I agree

[-] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Adsense is literally 90% of the market. Let alone android...

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 5 points 8 months ago

Uh... Gmail, Ad sense, search?

They've got like a dozen duopolies going on, they have far more control and ability to leverage it than Bell ever did

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