Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.
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_ • 2,933 points and 264 comments
![Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5548df5f-9ba7-476c-8222-858e61e4a9b1.png?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
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It could literally be a minute wait & I still wouldn't use Chrome.
134 4 ReplyGoogle heard you and have increased the Firefox delay to 1m 30s. Would you please consider using Chrome now please?
72 1 ReplyBest I can do is boycott YouTube.
48 0 ReplyPiped-bot now my best friend
16 0 ReplyI swear every time i try to use those links from the piped bot, the content either never loads or has severe buffering problems.
7 0 ReplyYou need to change your instance. Next time you face this, go to preferences and try changing the instance.
5 0 ReplyI didn't know you could do that with piped, thanks
4 0 Reply
Where would one find that bot?
1 0 ReplyOn here
1 0 ReplyOh, the one that finds every YouTube link and comments a piped link in some communities? Yeah, I find that bot very useful too!
1 0 Reply
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
5 5 ReplyHelpful comment!
3 0 ReplyThe 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.
3 3 ReplyWhat are we supposed to complain about then?
3 0 ReplyI 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)_/¯
1 2 ReplyI'm gonna boycott and complain.
2 0 Reply
Edge would like a word
7 1 ReplySigma Edging
6 3 Reply