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db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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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      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.

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

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