db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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-square474fedilinkarrow-up12.65Karrow-down152cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up12.6Karrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square474fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareFafner@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s a Google problem, Firfox’s built in privacy tools are working as intended.
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 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.