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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by brailsafe on Monday November 20, 2023 @03:05PM (#38353777)
Why would you be surprised that they'd implement this? It's their job to implement things.
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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by n4r9 on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:29PM (#38355098)
They were using it to evade law enforcement while flouting regulations. It's highly unethical and almost certainly illegal.
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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by brailsafe on Monday November 20, 2023 @08:43PM (#38357730)
Oh I thought you were referring back to the YouTube issue
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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by n4r9 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @03:09AM (#38360803)
Tbh even that is ethically very questionable, if the engineers knew that the outcome would be a delay specific to Firefox.
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