db0 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years 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-square542fedilinkarrow-up12.72Karrow-down154
arrow-up12.67Karrow-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 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square542fedilink
minus-square@A2PKXG@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoIs there something like: If(not chrome){add_delay()} ?
minus-square@TrippaSnippa@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoNo, the full context of the code snippet doesn’t appear to check the browser user agent at all. Other comments have explained that it’s most likely a lazy implementation of a check for ad blockers.
Is there something like:
If(not chrome){add_delay()}
?
No, the full context of the code snippet doesn’t appear to check the browser user agent at all. Other comments have explained that it’s most likely a lazy implementation of a check for ad blockers.