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-square482fedilinkarrow-up12.68Karrow-down154cross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
arrow-up12.63Karrow-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-square482fedilinkcross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down26·1 year agoReading the comments, It looks to be ad related, and maybe Firefox’s built in privacy tools are the root of the problem?
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down2·1 year agoIf that was the case, then a user-agent switch wouldn’t fix it
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agohttps://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_has_started_to_artificially_slow_down/ka0myef/
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.
Reading the comments, It looks to be ad related, and maybe Firefox’s built in privacy tools are the root of the problem?
If that was the case, then a user-agent switch wouldn’t fix it
https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_has_started_to_artificially_slow_down/ka0myef/
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.