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Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Huh, I just thought youtube was running slow. Still better than ads.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Extensions like "agent spoofer" allow you to customize the details of what your browser reports to the web page.

Personally on my home pc, I'm using a galaxy s21 with the netscape browser

[–] BigBlackCockroach 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I love netscape the best browser to ever exist(ed)

except firefox

[–] RecursiveParadox 1 points 1 year ago

I like the cut of your jib!

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