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-squareJohanno@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·8 months agoI noticed logging out of your YouTube account helps. I just opened a private window in Firefox.
minus-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-28 months agoThis actually helps with a lot of things on YouTube lately. It is slowly devolving into a truly crappy site.
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoblocking youtube cookies makes a lot of their shenanigans go away :) But yeah, any site that tells me what browser I have to use instantly goes on my shitlist. That isn’t how this works.
I noticed logging out of your YouTube account helps.
I just opened a private window in Firefox.
This actually helps with a lot of things on YouTube lately. It is slowly devolving into a truly crappy site.
blocking youtube cookies makes a lot of their shenanigans go away :)
But yeah, any site that tells me what browser I have to use instantly goes on my shitlist. That isn’t how this works.