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db0 to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.

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Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.

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db0 to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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Posted in r/youtube by u/vk6_ • 2,936 points and 264 comments
  • eric
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    71•2 years ago

    Google heard you and have increased the Firefox delay to 1m 30s. Would you please consider using Chrome now please?

    • FartsWithAnAccent
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      48•2 years ago

      Best I can do is boycott YouTube.

      • @[email protected]
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        16•2 years ago

        Piped-bot now my best friend

        • @[email protected]
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          7•2 years ago

          I swear every time i try to use those links from the piped bot, the content either never loads or has severe buffering problems.

          • ѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє
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            5•2 years ago

            You need to change your instance. Next time you face this, go to preferences and try changing the instance.

            • FartsWithAnAccent
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              4•2 years ago

              I didn’t know you could do that with piped, thanks

        • @[email protected]
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          1•2 years ago

          Where would one find that bot?

          • @[email protected]
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            1•2 years ago

            On here

            • @[email protected]
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              1•2 years ago

              Oh, the one that finds every YouTube link and comments a piped link in some communities? Yeah, I find that bot very useful too!

      • Engywook
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        0•2 years ago

        Ranting on Lemmy about a company while being addicted to (one of) their products seems to be much more effective, according to other comments in this thread. /s

        • @[email protected]
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          3•2 years ago

          Helpful comment!

          • Engywook
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            -1•2 years ago

            The only helpful thing to do is stopping using YT, if you think they behave in an unrespectufl way. Complaining/ranting on Lemmy is going to be exactly as helpful as my previous comment. But, hey, who cares? I don’t even use it. Literally, not my problem.

            • FartsWithAnAccent
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              3•2 years ago

              What are we supposed to complain about then?

              • Engywook
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                -1•2 years ago

                I didn’t say you shouldn’t complain. I said that doing it is useless. Stop using YT if you want to send a message or just deal with it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

                • FartsWithAnAccent
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                  2•2 years ago

                  I’m gonna boycott and complain.

    • @[email protected]
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      6•2 years ago

      Edge would like a word

      • @[email protected]
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        3•2 years ago

        Sigma Edging

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