db0 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 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: wolnyinternet@szmer.infodegoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.worldtecnologia@lemmy.eco.br
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 Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square369fedilinkcross-posted to: wolnyinternet@szmer.infodegoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.worldtecnologia@lemmy.eco.br
minus-square@aseriesoftubes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoGoogle 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-squareLemminarylinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoAnd 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-square@chiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoNot you or me. But most people, yeah.
minus-squareHoptrainlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThat 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…