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Re:Space bar does not work on YouTube search at the moment by SpelingBeeChamp on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @04:41PM (#26416637)
Not really. They have a strong financial interest to have as many eyeballs as possible watching YouTube, because only then can they show ads.

I don't see how breaking YouTube for a portion of the world population is a sensible part of that plan.

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Re:Space bar does not work on YouTube search at the moment by pantalaimon on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @05:07PM (#26416997)
For most people, if YouTube does not work in Firefox, they will not switch to a different video platform. They will switch to Chrome.
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Re:Space bar does not work on YouTube search at the moment by ojnabieoot on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @04:57PM (#26416845)
A lot of people have Chrome installed alongside Firefox or Edge or whatever and will just try the video somewhere else. So YouTube actually gets more revenue and Chrome gets free advertising. If a major website works on Chrome but doesn’t work correctly on Firefox most users will tend to blame the browser instead of the website and think “I stopped using Chrome because of the memory issues but at least it’s reliable.” The logic even sounds superficially reasonable.
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Re:Space bar does not work on YouTube search at the moment by T-hawk on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @05:07PM (#26417003)
It's a trade-off. Which way do they gain more money? From showing the YouTube ads to Firefox users, or from getting users into the Chrome ecosystem for however that is monetized?
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