DancingRaccoon
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YouTube Ad Blocker Saga Continues

Wild: Google confirms it is throttling YouTube load times for some viewers. Firefox users reported the issue today. Google says, instead, it’s supposed to tackle ad-blockers regardless of the browser used !

https://www.404media.co/youtube-says-new-5-second-video-load-delay-is-supposed-to-punish-ad-blockers-not-firefox-users

Source: https://twitter.com/josephfcox/status/1726732228296647106

So far, I am watching ad-free videos using brave / Newpipe! No concerns as of now!

Let's see how far this continues!

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