db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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-square470fedilinkarrow-up12.71Karrow-down154
arrow-up12.66Karrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square470fedilink
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down26·2 years 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-down2·2 years agoIf that was the case, then a user-agent switch wouldn’t fix it
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agohttps://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_has_started_to_artificially_slow_down/ka0myef/
minus-squareFafner@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·2 years agoIt’s a Google problem, Firfox’s built in privacy tools are working as intended.
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years 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.