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-square68fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down12cross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
arrow-up136arrow-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-square68fedilinkcross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
minus-squareMeltrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThis is some ultimate scumbaggery.
minus-squareThermal_shocked@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe thing that gets me is they think no one will ever find this stuff. There are hundreds of thousands of people (maybe more) who are actively looking ways to block ads and get around this behavior. There’s no way it’ll ever go unnoticed.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThey could literally have used some variance in implementation, server side bandwidth limitations, etc, but THIS is just blatantly obvious
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoI believe that Google is just trolling people real hard. There are much better ways to disable any adblocks, but they are not even trying.
minus-squarefilcuk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThis should be illegal, Firefox being their competition (tangentially)
minus-squareUnculturedSwine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoEU might hit them for it. I have no faith that the US government is going to do anything.
This is some ultimate scumbaggery.
The thing that gets me is they think no one will ever find this stuff. There are hundreds of thousands of people (maybe more) who are actively looking ways to block ads and get around this behavior. There’s no way it’ll ever go unnoticed.
They could literally have used some variance in implementation, server side bandwidth limitations, etc, but THIS is just blatantly obvious
I believe that Google is just trolling people real hard. There are much better ways to disable any adblocks, but they are not even trying.
This should be illegal, Firefox being their competition (tangentially)
It honestly probably is
EU might hit them for it. I have no faith that the US government is going to do anything.