mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoGoogle is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockerswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square241fedilinkarrow-up1844arrow-down111
arrow-up1833arrow-down1external-linkGoogle is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockerswww.windowscentral.commesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square241fedilink
minus-squareXanthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·4 months agoI also think they slowed it down for firefox users.
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 months 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-up1·4 months 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