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Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away. (old.reddit.com)
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[–] squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world 252 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is why net neutrality is important. To prevent bullshit like this from happening.

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's not what net neutrality is about. NN is about carriers and ISPs treating all services and websites equally. Don't feature creep NN. It weakens the arguments for why why we need NN.

[–] ahriboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act might stop any attempt to undermine browser performance.

[–] Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

If anything we need more laws around the tech space as a whole