Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox

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Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox

Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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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.

Posted in r/youtube by u/vk6_ • 4,167 points and 371 comments

Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away. The slow down is 5 secs according to the video.

Update 1: Safari faces the same treatment

Update 2: Google confirms 5 sec delays for ad-block user

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Is this only in certain areas? YouTube is still working fine for me on FireFox.
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  I think I have some slowdowns FF with unlock Origin in Germany so maybe
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  I’m in America and I haven’t noticed any YT slowdowns.

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