db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoYoutube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.old.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square479fedilinkarrow-up12.69Karrow-down153cross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.ml
arrow-up12.64Karrow-down1external-linkYoutube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.old.reddit.comdb0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square479fedilinkcross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.ml
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months ago🙄 and they sometimes break sites by accident. I’m not saying it’s Firefox’s fault to fix. If you read the comments on the reddit post, there are several users looking at the code and finding what’s happening and it’s not tied to user agent.
🙄 and they sometimes break sites by accident. I’m not saying it’s Firefox’s fault to fix. If you read the comments on the reddit post, there are several users looking at the code and finding what’s happening and it’s not tied to user agent.