db0 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year 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-square467arrow-up12.71Karrow-down154cross-posted to: wolnyinternet@szmer.infomildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
arrow-up12.66Karrow-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 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square467cross-posted to: wolnyinternet@szmer.infomildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
minus-squareFafnerlinkfedilinkEnglish24•1 year agoIt’s a Google problem, Firfox’s built in privacy tools are working as intended.
minus-squarephillaholiclinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year 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.
It’s a Google problem, Firfox’s built in privacy tools are working as intended.
🙄 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.