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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)

submitted 1 year ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] SuperCub@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Fuck Google

[–] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if we are already using YouTube premium and have ublock on FF. Would user agent spoof still be needed??

How annoying.

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[–] penquin@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Does changing the user agent fix this? Anyone tried? I keep forgetting to try it myself.

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[–] Gomiyboy@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I regret being complicit in allowing these silicon valley behemoths to reach a point where they're indelibly linked to practically every aspect of the average person's digital life.

At least the Fediverse and Lemmy are showing the way forward.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any extensions you'd recommend for having Firefox spoof chrome?

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[–] llama@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The YouTube viewing experience on FF is terrible. I have premium no ads and still manage to break the interface occasionally by clicking a new video or seeking the video playing.

[–] blahsay@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Firefox is great for YouTube. Don't support google via premium - those guys aren't exactly short of a dime. Addblockers are flawless.

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does not happen for me Safari or Firefox.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

They may not be deploying this to all users

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[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Once upon a time, Google wanted to kill the user-agent.

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