db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 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-square475fedilinkarrow-up12.69Karrow-down154cross-posted to: [email protected]
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 · 8 months agomessage-square475fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareFafner@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·8 months agoIt’s a Google problem, Firfox’s built in privacy tools are working as intended.
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 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.
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.