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-square473fedilinkarrow-up12.7Karrow-down154cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up12.65Karrow-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-square473fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareTangledHyphae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoI just tried this and confirmed it, using Firefox’s recommended user agent manager: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher/ It’s the only one I could find so far that doesn’t have a security warning.
I just tried this and confirmed it, using Firefox’s recommended user agent manager:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher/
It’s the only one I could find so far that doesn’t have a security warning.