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YouTube is blaming that Firefox delay people been talking about on adblockers. (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by rob299@bookwormstory.social to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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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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[-] snokis@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] TheAmishMan@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Thank you. The title was absolute gore

[-] deur@feddit.nl 7 points 10 months ago

To make it more clear use "have been" instead of just "been"

[-] snokis@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago

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!

[-] Willy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] ug02x@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] shroomaroomboom@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Weird, I use Firefox and ad blockers. I never get ads or delays when watching YouTube videos.

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