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[–] Voltage@slrpnk.net 526 points 1 year ago (34 children)

The fuck?? Isn’t this anti competitive behaviour?

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 335 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In a previous generation, governments would go after this blatant anti competitive behaviour.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 225 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 159 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s just a shame that there’s really only one government organization globally that will still stand up to corporations.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair China will send you to a reeducation camp or disappear you if you try to act like a western billionaire.

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

China will make you disappear for many things including speaking up against the genocide of religious minorities ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago
[–] dojan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Honestly with the speed new BS crops up I don’t think they will.

[–] rchive@lemm.ee 42 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The current US Federal Trade Commission is quite agressive compared to other FTCs historically.

[–] Metatronz@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True. Though they have been stuck with 30 years of damage simply reverse too.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Think of it as 30 years of rent they're now claiming.

[–] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Yes, but they haven't fixed this specific problem that just broke in the last day or so, therefore the FTC is a corrupt useless organization that pours hot wax on kittens

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

then why do we have like 4 conglomerates making everything in the grocery store?

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 137 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Some people are reporting it happens when your accounts get flagged by YouTube for blocking ads and that using a private browsing session can be used to bypass it, so it's possible this isn't a blanket thing?

Either way, they can go fuck themselves.

If you're on Firefox and using uBlock Origin (which you should), you can add the following to your filters list to essentially disable the delay:

! Bypass 5 seconds delay added by YouTube
www.youtube.com##+js(nano-stb, resolve(1), 5000, 0.001)

It doesn't fully disable it, just makes it almost instant, because Google has been doing shit like looking at what gets blocked to combat ad blockers recently.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use youtube without logging in, and it runs normally. If I use a private window, that's when I get a delay when loading videos.

[–] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good God I would hate to see the Mr Beast hell that your front page must be

[–] moody@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Once you start watching videos, you still get recommendations based on your viewing even if not logged in. As long as I don't clear my cookies, I basically get the content I'm interested in.

[–] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always forget other people still allow cookies etc, I'm over here like an internet hermit, using Libre browser

[–] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

I block all third-party cookies, but I do want some basic functionality out of the internet.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks I'll get back to this later

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Do you want to hear about the Microsoft "bug" that affected Firefox that was only recently fixed after 5+ years of getting reported?

Corporations really hate non-profit products that are superior.

[–] s1nistr4@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

If you're networked with the right people in the US, laws don't matter

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. It is. And consumers can't do a thing about it.

[–] VampyreOfNazareth@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago

Anti trust that evil Google

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