db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square480fedilinkarrow-up12.7Karrow-down155cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up12.65Karrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square480fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareAMillionNameslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThanks for the response, it made me read up more on the problem. It seems to be due to code in YouTube’s redesign of their engine, Polymer, so it lines up with what you said. The best explanations seem to be these, https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/17ywbjj/comment/ka08uqj/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/17ywbjj/comment/k9w3ei4/
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThank you for some sources! I do indeed use Firefox. I spoofed to the latest Chrome and it no longer has the delay. This is wild.
Thanks for the response, it made me read up more on the problem. It seems to be due to code in YouTube’s redesign of their engine, Polymer, so it lines up with what you said. The best explanations seem to be these, https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/17ywbjj/comment/ka08uqj/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/17ywbjj/comment/k9w3ei4/
Thank you for some sources! I do indeed use Firefox.
I spoofed to the latest Chrome and it no longer has the delay. This is wild.