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minus-squareLogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI have a theory that YT deliberately makes you wait the length an ad would have been if you have uBlock Origin installed. Ive just let it “buffer” for 30 seconds or so and it will eventually load the video.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI think this is true, and I still prefer it to an ad. Even if it’s longer than the ad would have been.
minus-squareTyphoon@lemmy.cadeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’d rather watch nothing than an ad trying to sell me something.
I have a theory that YT deliberately makes you wait the length an ad would have been if you have uBlock Origin installed. Ive just let it “buffer” for 30 seconds or so and it will eventually load the video.
I think this is true, and I still prefer it to an ad. Even if it’s longer than the ad would have been.
I’d rather watch nothing than an ad trying to sell me something.