Chrome is dead for those who uses ad-blockers

Re:Chrome is dead for those who uses ad-blockers by Buttons840 on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @04:59AM (#37131682)

Weird stuff happens on the YouTube webpage. My mom called me for help the other day because she couldn't connect to YouTube. She said the YouTube screen partially loaded, but it said she was offline. What? That doesn't make sense. How does a website load and tell you you're offline; if I was offline how are you telling me that I'm offline?

But sure enough, the YouTube app (a single-page application or whatever it is) was loading partially and showing an error telling the user that they were offline. This was with Firefox.

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Re:Chrome is dead for those who uses ad-blockers by LiamPowell on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @05:03AM (#37131703)

That makes perfect sense: The static content can be cached while the dynamic content is unavailable, therefore the static content will present an error message.

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Re:Chrome is dead for those who uses ad-blockers by stavros on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @05:02AM (#37131700)

That can happen when you're offline. They've cached enough of it locally to show you the message.

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