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YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users::Users are reporting that YouTube has begun adding a five second delay when loading a video on non-Chrome browsers like Firefox. Read on!

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[–] syrooks@infosec.pub 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Friendly reminder you can watch YouTube videos in VLC (I have not tested whether speed is affected this way)

[–] Shayeta@feddit.de 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure it takes more effort, if not also time, to copy URL into VLC every time i find a video.

[–] syrooks@infosec.pub 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s about the principle lol

[–] Shayeta@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

Ah, spite, one of my favourite motivators. Carry on.