YouTube explains why videos are loading slower on multiple browsers

A day after users on Reddit complained that YouTube had inserted a code that resulted in a five-second delay before video pages on the platform on Firefox and other multiple browsers, the Google-owned has responded to the issue by blaming ad-blockers.

YouTube accepted that the users who are experiencing a delay on the platform are right but explained that the browser has nothing to do with it. The company said the delay is a part of the company’s recent crackdown on ad blockers across all platforms.

“In the past week, users using ad blockers may have experienced suboptimal viewing, which included delays in loading, regardless of the browser they are using,” YouTube communications manager Christopher Lawton told The Verge.