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-square154fedilinkarrow-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-square154fedilink
minus-squaresulgoth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoThis sounds like something that would be in the back end so likely not. But if spoofing user agents fixes the problem then I’d say it’s evidence enough to warrant a deeper look.
minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWhen they decide to do tricks in the backend differently between browsers, there will be ways to overcome that.
This sounds like something that would be in the back end so likely not. But if spoofing user agents fixes the problem then I’d say it’s evidence enough to warrant a deeper look.
When they decide to do tricks in the backend differently between browsers, there will be ways to overcome that.