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db0 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.

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Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.

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db0 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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Posted in r/youtube by u/vk6_ • 2,936 points and 264 comments
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    It doesn’t exist.

    • @PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksB
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      Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

      It doesn’t exist

      Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

      I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.

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      Is there any place thats roughly analagous or…it must be inspired by something?

      Breath of the Wild? Lol

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          What did you say aha, missed it

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