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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)
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[–] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 70 points 10 months ago (7 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 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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?

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not you or me. But most people, yeah.

[–] sulsaz@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

That is, as always, the problem: it works for them. The average Joe isn't going to implement a new filter into ublock...

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