nano's old account's rotting corpseNov 21, 2023
>youtube starts blocking ad-blockers
>people install ublock origin
>google is going to remove manifest v2 from chromium thus sabotaging most functionality of ad-blockers
>people install firefox
>youtube writes javascript that detects if youre on a non-chromium browser and delays the video loading for 5 seconds, the same amount of time youd wait watching an ad

go to hell google. immediately.
Show threadWamNov 21, 2023
@[email protected] that check does not detect for chromium, it happens in all browsers
Show threadnano's old account's rotting corpseNov 21, 2023
@wamwoowam what? so, every browser, including chrome, gets a 5 second delay? what are you talking about? this is only happening to non-chromium browsers, specifically firefox, and if you set the user agent to chrome the problem magically goes away
Show threadWam
@[email protected] it does not magically go away. it goes away purely by coincidence. i use chrome. sue me, but it happens to me too.

this is pure misinfo spread by a tweet which didn't do it's research, and now has a community note. it is wrong.
Nov 21, 2023 at 5:48pmWeb
Show threadWamNov 21, 2023
@[email protected] every browser, including chrome, gets that delay.
Show threadnano's old account's rotting corpseNov 21, 2023
@wamwoowam so why would google program a hardcoded 5000 milisecond delay on every youtube video which even impacts their own browser? this makes no sense
Show threadWamNov 21, 2023
@[email protected] i have seen tiny snippets of javascript fingerpointing at one single setTimeout instance, with zero evidence that it actually affects this in any way

this has not been substantiated, it's pure speculation

it is either a bug, or potentially something to do with adblocker detection.

either way, my point is, it is not dependant on browser, or browser engine
Show threadWamNov 21, 2023
@[email protected] i'm not here to speculate about why, fact is, this is misinformation being perpetuated, and it's incredibly unhelpful

google fucking suck, but that's not gonna change by pointing fingers at completely irrelevant things
Show threadMartin RocketNov 21, 2023
@nano @wamwoowam because their favorite user base (Chrome without ad blocker) isn't affected.
Show threadSam CANDY 🦩Nov 21, 2023
@nano
It seems it's for any browser with an ad-blocker, if I understood correctly
@wamwoowam
Show threadAmpsNov 22, 2023
@nano @wamwoowam https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/21/23970721/google-youtube-ad-blocker-five-second-delay-firefox-chrome
Here's a good article by the Verge about it. Apparently it isn't Firefox specific, but rather detects if you use an adblocker and gives you the delay regardless of your browser. Still bad, of course, but not in that way.
YouTube says it’s not slowing down Firefox — just ad blockers

YouTube confirms that ad blockers may be causing a delay before a video loads, and it says the issue isn’t related to any one browser.

The Verge