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YouTube let you play Snake while your video buffered

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Back when slow internet connections forced video playback to pause, holding arrow keys transformed the spinning loading dots into a playable Snake game. It was a clever way to keep restless viewers entertained.

Before fast fiber connections, videos often paused to buffer. Creative engineers added a playable Snake game inside the circular loading spinner so impatient viewers could pass the time happily while waiting for frames.

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