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YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users (www.404media.co)
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Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."

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[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We have had constant advancement in compression. People just keep using it to make higher quality, higher resolution videos rather than actually reducing file sizes.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I agree that compression has advanced steadily. I’m really referring to a break though. Something that gets 1080 videos down to 100mb.

But more realistically, I think storage is where we need to look. If I can get a 100tb ssd for not too much, then I can more realistically host a video library.

Bandwidth can be paid for, it’s fast enough. It’s just that the companies charge a ton for faster speeds.