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@UltravioletlinkEnglish36•edit-21 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•1 year agoI was wondering why YouTube started taking a while to load pages in the last couple weeks. Fucking Google, pulling this shit.
minus-square@funnystuff97linkEnglish13•1 year agoNot that I don’t believe you, but do you have a source for that?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-21 year agoIt’s discussed in the firefox sub (link) EDIT: There are some claims that this is related to anti-adblock.
minus-square@spader312linkEnglish2•1 year 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