db0toTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·11 months agoYoutube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.(old.reddit.com)external-linkarrow-up145arrow-down14message-square94fedilink
arrow-up141arrow-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.com)db0toTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·11 months agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareaseriesoftubesEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·11 months agolinkfedilinkGoogle 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-squareLemminaryEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·11 months agolinkfedilinkAnd the stupid thing is that all I use Chrome for is Meets… And that’s it. Do they really think they win me over?
minus-squarechiliedoggEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·11 months agolinkfedilinkNot you or me. But most people, yeah.
minus-squareHoptrainEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·11 months agolinkfedilinkThat is, as always, the problem: it works for them. The average Joe isn’t going to implement a new filter into ublock…
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?
Not you or me. But most people, yeah.
That is, as always, the problem: it works for them. The average Joe isn’t going to implement a new filter into ublock…