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-squareVictorlinkEnglish58•1 year agoNot noticing this change from the EU… Guess they’re too afraid of pulling that shit here?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish21•1 year agoGoogle LOVES A/B testing so it might be just that. I haven’t noticed anything either.
minus-squareVictorlinkEnglish3•1 year agoTrue, could just be lucky. I still haven’t noticed any ad blocking changes either, but then again I’m using Firefox with μBlock Origin…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoThey’ve been caught before, but there’s no regulation for this in some regions
minus-squareVictorlinkEnglish1•1 year agoBig shame that this wouldn’t be illegal. But hopefully soon. Very anticompetitive behavior.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoIt is, just not everywhere. Like the USA
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoI’m in the EU, using Vivaldi, and have the delay since yesterday. It’s not on every video though. Seems like UBlock and YouTube are fighting each other every time I open a new link.
minus-squareVictorlinkEnglish2•1 year agoThat’s interesting. Could be uBlock doing its thing then, for which I’m quite thankful
Not noticing this change from the EU… Guess they’re too afraid of pulling that shit here?
Google LOVES A/B testing so it might be just that. I haven’t noticed anything either.
True, could just be lucky. I still haven’t noticed any ad blocking changes either, but then again I’m using Firefox with μBlock Origin…
They’ve been caught before, but there’s no regulation for this in some regions
Big shame that this wouldn’t be illegal. But hopefully soon. Very anticompetitive behavior.
It is, just not everywhere. Like the USA
Yeah, the “everywhere” was implied, thank you 😊
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I’m in the EU, using Vivaldi, and have the delay since yesterday. It’s not on every video though. Seems like UBlock and YouTube are fighting each other every time I open a new link.
That’s interesting. Could be uBlock doing its thing then, for which I’m quite thankful