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db0 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year 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 • 1 year ago
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    5•1 year ago

    You need to change your instance. Next time you face this, go to preferences and try changing the instance.

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      I didn’t know you could do that with piped, thanks

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