This delay isn’t exclusive to Firefox, it’s in any browser where a user has enabled adblockers including in Chrome. Disable the adblocker and this delay magically go away. This was done on purpose.

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    Just to put this out there for those who probally didn’t read the article. YouTube does this 5 second delay thing, on purpose only if it detects a user using an adblocker if you don’t use the adblocker then Youtube will work as it normally would on that browser.

    Whether it’s still a clunky experienceor the browser crashes really Is dependant on that browser and if it’s a good alternative browser.

    In other words, ‘fix he delay by disabling the adblocker’, coming from Youtube themselves.

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      Silly. This wouldn’t explain why people still get the delay in a “clean” version of firefox, or why the delay disappears when the only thing changed is spoofing that your browser is chrome instead.

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        Did this happen to anyone other than the one guy who made the video about it? I couldn’t replicate it.

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          If that is the case, then it doesn’t matter whether you’re running an adblocker or not. It’s a marketing ploy to blame it on adblock users.

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      So I can either wait 5 seconds in silence, or have to watch a 5 second (possibly longer) ad? I know which one I’ll choose.

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      Man, I already had a hard time justifying my YouTube Premium subscription. I literally only have it for putting on stuff to sleep to on my TV without some ad telling me Mr. Beast wants to give me $10,000 if i click.

      But the worse this gets, the more I feel like an asshole for giving them a dime.