db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months 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-square225fedilinkarrow-up1904arrow-down117
arrow-up1887arrow-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@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square225fedilink
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoReading the comments, It looks to be ad related, and maybe Firefox’s built in privacy tools are the root of the problem?
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIf that was the case, then a user-agent switch wouldn’t fix it
minus-squareFafner@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIt’s a Google problem, Firfox’s built in privacy tools are working as intended.
Reading the comments, It looks to be ad related, and maybe Firefox’s built in privacy tools are the root of the problem?
If that was the case, then a user-agent switch wouldn’t fix it
It’s a Google problem, Firfox’s built in privacy tools are working as intended.