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db0 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.

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Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.

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db0 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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    This is why net neutrality is important. To prevent bullshit like this from happening.

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    • @steltek@lemm.ee
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      That’s not what net neutrality is about. NN is about carriers and ISPs treating all services and websites equally. Don’t feature creep NN. It weakens the arguments for why why we need NN.

      • Ahri Boy
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        Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act might stop any attempt to undermine browser performance.

      • cannache
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        If anything we need more laws around the tech space as a whole

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