db0 to [email protected]English • 6 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-square476fedilinkarrow-up12.64Karrow-down151cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up12.59Karrow-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 [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square476fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-square@TrippaSnippalinkEnglish4•6 months agoNo, the full context of the code snippet doesn’t appear to check the browser user agent at all. Other comments have explained that it’s most likely a lazy implementation of a check for ad blockers.
No, the full context of the code snippet doesn’t appear to check the browser user agent at all. Other comments have explained that it’s most likely a lazy implementation of a check for ad blockers.