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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)

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[-] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Good God I would hate to see the Mr Beast hell that your front page must be

[-] moody@lemmings.world 2 points 9 months ago

Once you start watching videos, you still get recommendations based on your viewing even if not logged in. As long as I don't clear my cookies, I basically get the content I'm interested in.

[-] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I always forget other people still allow cookies etc, I'm over here like an internet hermit, using Libre browser

[-] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 9 months ago

I block all third-party cookies, but I do want some basic functionality out of the internet.

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