db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 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-square357fedilinkarrow-up12.09Karrow-down141cross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
arrow-up12.05Karrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square357fedilinkcross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
minus-square_thisdot@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoit’s part of their anti-adblock code. without going into too much details, they can instantly find out whether ad-block is trying to do anything on chrome, but on firefox they need a 5 sec delay
minus-squareDolphinMath@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’d be more likely to believe that if spoofing your user agent didn’t immediately fix the issue.
it’s part of their anti-adblock code. without going into too much details, they can instantly find out whether ad-block is trying to do anything on chrome, but on firefox they need a 5 sec delay
I’d be more likely to believe that if spoofing your user agent didn’t immediately fix the issue.