Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."

Firefox users are reporting an ‘artificial’ load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it’s part of a plan to make people who use adblockers “experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using.”

  • OtterEnglish
    6•1 year ago

    To add on

    You can spoof this user agent to see if a website does something shady depending on which browser you’re using.

    So if you keep all other variables the same, and just toggle the user agent value, YouTube behaves differently

      • OtterEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        I haven’t tried it in a while, but I think there are browser extensions for it. Might need to ask someone else for how to do it these days