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db0 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 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 Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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  • @tegs_terry@feddit.uk
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    I think they changed it didn’t they?

    • Marxism-Fennekinism
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      I think it’s “do the right thing” now

      • @DEngineer@lemmy.world
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        4•2 years ago

        For the shareholders

      • @tegs_terry@feddit.uk
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        2•2 years ago

        Ahh, much more leeway

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