Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.world – 2622 points – 11 months agoold.reddit.com472Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsI noticed logging out of your YouTube account helps. I just opened a private window in Firefox.This actually helps with a lot of things on YouTube lately. It is slowly devolving into a truly crappy site.blocking youtube cookies makes a lot of their shenanigans go away :) But yeah, any site that tells me what browser I have to use instantly goes on my shitlist. That isn't how this works.
I noticed logging out of your YouTube account helps. I just opened a private window in Firefox.This actually helps with a lot of things on YouTube lately. It is slowly devolving into a truly crappy site.blocking youtube cookies makes a lot of their shenanigans go away :) But yeah, any site that tells me what browser I have to use instantly goes on my shitlist. That isn't how this works.
This actually helps with a lot of things on YouTube lately. It is slowly devolving into a truly crappy site.
blocking youtube cookies makes a lot of their shenanigans go away :) But yeah, any site that tells me what browser I have to use instantly goes on my shitlist. That isn't how this works.
I noticed logging out of your YouTube account helps.
I just opened a private window in Firefox.
This actually helps with a lot of things on YouTube lately. It is slowly devolving into a truly crappy site.
blocking youtube cookies makes a lot of their shenanigans go away :)
But yeah, any site that tells me what browser I have to use instantly goes on my shitlist. That isn't how this works.