db0 to [email protected]English • 2 years 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-square369fedilinkarrow-up12.35Kcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up12.35Kexternal-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 to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square369fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareStantanalinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoHave you seen this? https://feddit.it/pictrs/image/0e13c670-4966-4073-89df-f042fe9cc6de.webp
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoYes. I’m not a frontend dev, so not familiar with JS code (let alone an obfuscated fragment), but according to this HN comment, it’s used for a different ad block detection function.
minus-squareAatubelinkfedilink2•2 years agoThat makes a lot of sense. It’s still exclusive to Firefox, though
Have you seen this?
https://feddit.it/pictrs/image/0e13c670-4966-4073-89df-f042fe9cc6de.webp
Yes. I’m not a frontend dev, so not familiar with JS code (let alone an obfuscated fragment), but according to this HN comment, it’s used for a different ad block detection function.
That makes a lot of sense. It’s still exclusive to Firefox, though