db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoYoutube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.old.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10cross-posted to: mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkYoutube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.old.reddit.comdb0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
minus-squareaseriesoftubes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoGoogle 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.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAnd the stupid thing is that all I use Chrome for is Meets… And that’s it. Do they really think they win me over?
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.
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?