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		occz on July 7, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube embeds are heavy and it’s fixable To put this into context, the player element might load 1.3 mb but loading a video can easily be in the range of 50 mb.

masklinn on July 7, 2024 [–]

Which is only relevant if 100% of users load the video every time they hit the page. Because the 50M is paid by those who watch the video while the 1.3M is paid by everyone opening the page.

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