YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, and it has nothing to do with your browser | The delay is intentional, but targeting users who continue using ad blockers, and not tied to any browse…::YouTube has clarified in a statement that users who use ad blockers will have a suboptimal experience regardless of their browser.

  • @Archr@lemmy.world
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    51 year ago

    As has been the MO of many large sites for a while now. It’s called blue-green deployment.

    • @bitsplease@lemmy.ml
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      41 year ago

      Yeah and while I’m sure it is useful for minimizing outrage at controversial changes, it’s mainly to prevent rolling out major bugs to too many people