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db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.

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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.

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    So they’re doing the same thing as that time they killed Edge and stretched its skin over chromium?

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      stretched its* skin

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        Seriously who downvotes a bot.

        Nobody’s getting hurt by a small grammar correction. People may even learn from it and be better off.

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          I will downvote a bot advocating for no tits every time.

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            Fair

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        True, thank you.

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