db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 年前Youtube 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-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down15cross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.worldwolnyinternet@szmer.info
arrow-up169arrow-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 · 3 年前message-square92linkfedilinkcross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.worldwolnyinternet@szmer.info
minus-squareaseriesoftubes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 年前Google has been doing this kind of thing for a while. If you try to use Google Meet in Firefox, you can’t use things like background blurring. Spoofing Chrome works in that situation as well.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 年前And the stupid thing is that all I use Chrome for is Meets… And that’s it. Do they really think they win me over?
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前Not you or me. But most people, yeah.
minus-squareHoptrain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前That is, as always, the problem: it works for them. The average Joe isn’t going to implement a new filter into ublock…
Google has been doing this kind of thing for a while. If you try to use Google Meet in Firefox, you can’t use things like background blurring. Spoofing Chrome works in that situation as well.
And the stupid thing is that all I use Chrome for is Meets… And that’s it. Do they really think they win me over?
Not you or me. But most people, yeah.
That is, as always, the problem: it works for them. The average Joe isn’t going to implement a new filter into ublock…