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YouTube uses lower quality options on browsers running on Arm-based systems — misreporting as an x86 CPU appears to be a widespread browser fix (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] atocci@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Does this apply to Windows on ARM as well, or is it just Linux specifically for some reason?

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's a processor variable, not OS

[–] atocci@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

That's what I figured, but every article I've seen on this calls out Linux specifically. I'll have to give it a try from my Surface Pro X when I get home and test.