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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by timeon on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:29AM (#38347024)
It is still better to wait 5s without ad than with ad.
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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by lifthrasiir on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:34AM (#38347075)
It has to be a background check, otherwise you can't explain cases (like me) where the code is running but users never noticed any delay.
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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by tzs on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:37PM (#38351235)
I wonder if it is just a coincidence is that 5s is the time before a skippable ad becomes skippable?
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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by 1905 on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:12PM (#38356304)
Either wait 5 seconds without ad, or get served an ad about switching to Chrome
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