Waiting for pre-roll ads on YouTube certainly slows down the viewing experience. I do not use the YouTube JavaScript player. I download the video using a cust

Waiting for pre-roll ads on YouTube certainly slows down the viewing experience. I do not use the YouTube JavaScript player. I download the video using a custom script and an HTTP client like tnftp and watch offline. Google is suggesting that users use their browser, their website and their internal player to view someone else's video file, so Google can serve ads, do tracking and collect analytics. The testing is not something generic like downloading a file from a server; instead, it uses Google protocol, Google browser, Google website, Google player and is announced on Google blog. All to show it will benefit everyone, of course.