Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.
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Posted in r/youtube by u/vk6_ • 9,010 points and 879 comments
  • Saigonauticon@voltage.vnEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Wouldn’t that… just make me stop visiting YouTube instead of making me stop using Firefox?

    I mean, my first reaction when a website is slow is not exactly “maybe I should change browsers”. It’s closer to “maybe I’ll visit a different website”.

  • archchan@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I am not spoofing my user agent and I’m going to continue using FOSS front-ends to access YouTube until an alternative takes off. Fuck you Google.

    • const_void@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yeah but that was back when we had a mostly functional government. Times have changed.

  • tun@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    According to Google the delay is to fight against the ad-blocker user.

    This is also not the first time Google adds feature that will work better with chrome.

  • ɐɥO@lemmy.ohaa.xyzEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Fuck Google, Fuck Youtube, Fuck Alphabet, Honestly just fuck everyone who does this shit

  • YeetPics@mander.xyzEnglish
    12·
    11 months ago

    I pay for premium (I know)… is it a breach of contract for them to deny equal speeds because of a corporate preference? Is YouTube (and Google) in breach of contract?