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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. (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] bamboo@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Well you typically need standing in order to file a lawsuit, who would do it? Mozilla are probably the only ones. Why would this cause them to do it when past similar practices haven’t?

[–] Dulusa@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

Europe will step in as usual

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Microsoft, Mozilla org, maybe apple

EFF or government

[–] bamboo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

On what standing though? Mozilla potentially has standing, and if the government finds that google is a monopoly, then the government could have standing, but nobody else.

[–] snazzles@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

How would Mozilla finance a court case against google though?

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Users affected by it, Mozilla, any other company that comes to support Mozilla, watchdog groups like the EFF...

It can also be brought by attorneys general and governmental regulators, the FCC and FTC might have a bit to say about it...

Antitrust suits aren't civil cases, I don't think, so "having standing" is a bit different

I'm not a lawyer though so I could be way off base, but the antitrust cases I've been aware of I don't think they were brought by companies but by government agencies

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Isn't Mozilla a non profit? I don't they can sue for anything along the lines of hurting profits to the company.

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Can't you sue for loss of income regardless?

[–] bamboo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

They do have a for-profit subsidiary that potentially could though

[–] skippedtoc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Of course they can. If the word profit is confusing you replace it with returns or finances.

[–] TurdMongler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Google funds then I'm pretty sure..