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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Not noticing this change from the EU... Guess they're too afraid of pulling that shit here?
58 0 ReplyGoogle LOVES A/B testing so it might be just that. I haven't noticed anything either.
21 0 ReplyTrue, could just be lucky. I still haven't noticed any ad blocking changes either, but then again I'm using Firefox with μBlock Origin...
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They've been caught before, but there's no regulation for this in some regions
7 0 ReplyBig shame that this wouldn't be illegal. But hopefully soon. Very anticompetitive behavior.
1 0 ReplyIt is, just not everywhere. Like the USA
2 0 ReplyYeah, the "everywhere" was implied, thank you 😊
2 0 ReplyNo really, this is illegal in places like Europe
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I'm in the EU, using Vivaldi, and have the delay since yesterday. It's not on every video though. Seems like UBlock and YouTube are fighting each other every time I open a new link.
7 0 ReplyThat's interesting. Could be uBlock doing its thing then, for which I'm quite thankful
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