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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. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 2 years ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Voltage@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The fuck?? Isn’t this anti competitive behaviour?

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In a previous generation, governments would go after this blatant anti competitive behaviour.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm sure the EU will still.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s just a shame that there’s really only one government organization globally that will still stand up to corporations.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

To be fair China will send you to a reeducation camp or disappear you if you try to act like a western billionaire.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] scholar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's bizarre how blatent this is. Google has so much power over web standards that Mozilla have to work really hard to make firefox work, but YouTube don't bother being subtle or clever and just write 'if Firefox, get stuffed' in plain text for everyone to see.

[–] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

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?

[–] fenrasulfr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Let's hope Europe stars investigating Google as a gatekeeper. That seemed to work miracles on Apple.

[–] Rinox@feddit.it 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

BTW, this:

[–] Meltrax@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is some ultimate scumbaggery.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This should be illegal, Firefox being their competition (tangentially)

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It honestly probably is

[–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

EU might hit them for it. I have no faith that the US government is going to do anything.