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-square155fedilinkarrow-up11.98Karrow-down143
arrow-up11.94Karrow-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-square155fedilink
minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIt’s apparently not even subtle enough to make that claim, it checks the useragent and sleeps for 5 seconds if it’s not Chrome.
minus-squarefunnystuff97@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoNot that I don’t believe you, but do you have a source for that?
minus-squarespader312@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIf changing your user agent to Chrome on Firefox fixes it that justification won’t fly
It’s apparently not even subtle enough to make that claim, it checks the useragent and sleeps for 5 seconds if it’s not Chrome.
Not that I don’t believe you, but do you have a source for that?
If changing your user agent to Chrome on Firefox fixes it that justification won’t fly