1y ago

YouTube is blaming that Firefox delay people been talking about on adblockers.

www.androidauthority.com YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, and it has nothing to do with your browser

YouTube has clarified in a statement that users who use ad blockers will have a suboptimal experience regardless of their browser.

This delay isn't exclusive to Firefox, it's in any browser where a user has enabled adblockers including in Chrome. Disable the adblocker and this delay magically go away. This was done on purpose.

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1y ago

YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, and it has nothing to do with your browser

www.androidauthority.com /youtube-blames-ad-blockers-slow-load-times-3387523/

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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...

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YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, not the browser

www.androidauthority.com /youtube-blames-ad-blockers-slow-load-times-3387523/

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Just to put this out there for those who probally didn't read the article. YouTube does this 5 second delay thing, on purpose only if it detects a user using an adblocker if you don't use the adblocker then Youtube will work as it normally would on that browser.
Whether it's still a clunky experienceor the browser crashes really Is dependant on that browser and if it's a good alternative browser.
In other words, 'fix he delay by disabling the adblocker', coming from Youtube themselves.
- Silly. This wouldn't explain why people still get the delay in a "clean" version of firefox, or why the delay disappears when the only thing changed is spoofing that your browser is chrome instead.
  
  Did this happen to anyone other than the one guy who made the video about it? I couldn't replicate it.
  
  I get that. I'm just spreading what google's official response was.
  
  Because the delay is part of adblocker detection on non Chrome based browsers.
  
  If that is the case, then it doesn't matter whether you're running an adblocker or not. It's a marketing ploy to blame it on adblock users.
- So I can either wait 5 seconds in silence, or have to watch a 5 second (possibly longer) ad? I know which one I’ll choose.
- Man, I already had a hard time justifying my YouTube Premium subscription. I literally only have it for putting on stuff to sleep to on my TV without some ad telling me Mr. Beast wants to give me $10,000 if i click.
  But the worse this gets, the more I feel like an asshole for giving them a dime.
  
  I put newpipe on my TV for this exact reason
  
  SmartTube is more optimized for TV: https://github.com/yuliskov/smarttube
  Give it a try.
  
  Will do, thanks mate!
  
  Hi m8, do you know what would be a good option for like an android box or roku or whatever for tv? I have a semi smart lg tv that sucks ass and i whant to connect it to something like that, but i whant a tv box that can get open source stuff or at least is conpatible with something like youtube revance.
  Thanks
  
  SmartTube should work on any android box. On webOS (LG) there is youtube-webos: https://github.com/webosbrew/youtube-webos

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