Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google's war on ad blockers
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Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/21/ad_block_google/
Search giant says delays not specific to any browser – just those evading advert breaks. YMMV
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.