db0 to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year 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-square462fedilinkarrow-up12.71Karrow-down154cross-posted to: bluemix[email protected][email protected]mildlyinfuriating[email protected]
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 to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square462fedilinkcross-posted to: bluemix[email protected][email protected]mildlyinfuriating[email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoIs there something like: If(not chrome){add_delay()} ?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoNo, the full context of the code snippet doesn’t appear to check the browser user agent at all. Other comments have explained that it’s most likely a lazy implementation of a check for ad blockers.
Is there something like:
If(not chrome){add_delay()}
?
No, the full context of the code snippet doesn’t appear to check the browser user agent at all. Other comments have explained that it’s most likely a lazy implementation of a check for ad blockers.