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YouTube artificially slows down video load times when using Firefox (old.reddit.com)
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[-] pleb_maximus@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

I had noticed too. Although I mostly use FreeTube by now I am a tab hoarder and if I open a YouTube tab with a video in Firefox it does take a few seconds until the page is displayed correctly after the tab has finished loading.

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