"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 wrote in an email.
The issue was initially reported as targeting Firefox users, but users online have said they're seeing the delay in Chrome and Edge, too.
The five-second delay isn't affecting everyone. A few of us at The Verge tried to recreate the issue, both on Mac and Windows machines. But whether logged into YouTube or not, using an ad-blocker or not, or going incognito or not, none of us saw the delay that's being reported.
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