mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGoogle is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockerswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square256linkfedilinkarrow-up1930arrow-down113
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minus-squareXanthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·3 days agoI also think they slowed it down for firefox users.
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 days agoIf you get a user agent switcher and change your user agent for youtube to chrome then that slowing down goes away.
minus-squareJayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkBahasa Indonesiaarrow-up1·2 days agoWait I can do it just for YouTube? Never occurred to me. I’ll have to look into this
I also think they slowed it down for firefox users.
If you get a user agent switcher and change your user agent for youtube to chrome then that slowing down goes away.
Wait I can do it just for YouTube? Never occurred to me. I’ll have to look into this