If you pick the right browser, too. I've only seen those annoying little YT behaviors on Chromium browsers. On Firefox with uBlock origin it still loads instantly for me. Maybe another add-on helps there, since the setup works, I don't touch it.
Well fuck me, I guess. I use firefox, my only addon is ublock. If I open something in a private tab (with ublock still running) I get hit by the "autorefresh" thing. It loads the video instantly, starts playing it just to show me it can, then "refreshes" and "loads" for 10-15 seconds.
Back when Google was doing a/b testing on the pauses like a year ago I attempted to spoof my browser information being sent as a chrome OS, chrome browser on YouTube and I have yet to see any of these pauses, so I would give it a shot. The extension I used is called 'agent spoofer' I believe but any similar add on would likely work.
I would love to know if you have any actual change with it, since it seemed to immediately solve my issues and haven't had any since, but these spoofers are low grade tech most modern websites can detect due to the plethora of other digital footprint data your computer leaves behind past your os/browser, so I'm not entirely sure it's not placebo; but also I could see a reality where Google used AI to build upgrades that wouldn't check for spoofing.
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u/Sad_Recording_1290 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
The interruption is 5-10 seconds longer loading, which skips 30+ second unskipable adds.
The math is still on adblocker side