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Re:YouTube change served lower-quality video to Firefox 43 f... by nitrogen on Monday January 11, 2016 @12:43AM (#10879039)
While we're at it, we need some solution to tracking based on browser window size. I'm one of the few people I know who doesn't maximize everything, so I'm probably 100% uniquely trackable just by window size.
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Re:YouTube change served lower-quality video to Firefox 43 f... by quesera on Monday January 11, 2016 @01:01AM (#10879106)
Window size detection is done with JavaScript. Block it.
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Re:YouTube change served lower-quality video to Firefox 43 f... by JupiterMoon on Monday January 11, 2016 @02:54AM (#10879460)
It can apparently be done with CSS by a determined website.
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Re:YouTube change served lower-quality video to Firefox 43 f... by jakeogh on Monday January 11, 2016 @02:38AM (#10879411)
Disable JS by default. I do, and it makes the web better. Surf/tabbed makes this easy to do per process.
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