db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months 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-square478fedilinkarrow-up12.66Karrow-down150cross-posted to: mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
arrow-up12.61Karrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square478fedilinkcross-posted to: mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoIt’s apparently not even subtle enough to make that claim, it checks the useragent and sleeps for 5 seconds if it’s not Chrome.
minus-squareTavarin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 months agoI was wondering why YouTube started taking a while to load pages in the last couple weeks. Fucking Google, pulling this shit.
minus-squarefunnystuff97@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoNot that I don’t believe you, but do you have a source for that?
minus-squarefestus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-28 months agoIt’s discussed in the firefox sub (link) EDIT: There are some claims that this is related to anti-adblock.
minus-squarespader312@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoIf changing your user agent to Chrome on Firefox fixes it that justification won’t fly
It’s apparently not even subtle enough to make that claim, it checks the useragent and sleeps for 5 seconds if it’s not Chrome.
I was wondering why YouTube started taking a while to load pages in the last couple weeks. Fucking Google, pulling this shit.
Not that I don’t believe you, but do you have a source for that?
It’s discussed in the firefox sub (link)
EDIT: There are some claims that this is related to anti-adblock.
If changing your user agent to Chrome on Firefox fixes it that justification won’t fly