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YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users (www.androidauthority.com)

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YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users::Users are reporting that YouTube has begun adding a five second delay when loading a video on non-Chrome browsers like Firefox. Read on!

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[-] lapommedeterre@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

I wouldn't put it past them, but I think it needs more evidence.

[-] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Try spoofing your user agent and see if it improves.

[-] ledtasso@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Is anyone even able to reproduce the issue? It cannot be improved if you can't reproduce it in the first place.

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