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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1y ago

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...

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

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1y ago

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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For anyone confused with the title:
YouTube is blaming the 'Firefox delay', that people been talking about, on adblockers.
Maybe it's just me.. English is not my first language so that might be it. I really struggled to understand what it said.
- Thank you. The title was absolute gore
- To make it more clear use "have been" instead of just "been"
  
  Thank you. I missed that part, figured someone would correct me before I finished editing so I left it as is. Took longer than expected!
- Thank you. I happened to be smelling something toast like at the same time I tried to read that and had to check the comments. Turns out it was a heater that hadn’t been on in a while.
- It is my first, and I definitely had to read it twice to make sure that I understood. It is definitely not you, but the awkward way they worded the title.
  Yours is much clearer, in my opinion.
- Weird, I use Firefox and ad blockers. I never get ads or delays when watching YouTube videos.