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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by rendaw on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:13PM (#38350763)
Okay, I'm sold on the delay, but where's the code that detects non-chrome?

Do they serve different js based on the user agent header? If they delay chrome too there's no foul.

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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by Quot on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:17PM (#38350843)
Just going off this tweet, it seems to be user-agent based: https://fixupx.com/endermanch/status/1726605997698068630
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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by chris_wot on Monday November 20, 2023 @01:59PM (#38352692)
If YouTube are going to go down this path, then perhaps Firefox devs should set the user agent to Chrome for YouTube?
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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by 36933 on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:54PM (#38356751)
They delayed chrome too. At least for me.
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