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 threadMaggie MaybeNov 21, 2023
@nano I would rather sit in silence for five seconds than have to look at an ad for five seconds though.
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@maggiemaybe @nano the greatest thing google ever did was give me a blank landing page because my search history is off. I finally have peace.
Nov 22, 2023 at 12:29amWeb