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10 Reasons You Should Switch From Chrome to Firefox. (www.howtogeek.com)

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10 Reasons You Should Switch From Chrome to Firefox.::The best browser sync out there.

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[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Anybody else having flaky behavior with youtube videos in Firefox lately? Like, only audio resuming but video freezing after rewinding? I'm wondering if this is intentional on the part of Google.

[-] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

Given Google and YouTube's history of intentionally and maliciously disrupting other browsers that aren't chrome, it'll be a safe bet that it's intentional.

[-] Saprophyte@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

https://www.zdnet.com/article/youtube-is-slowing-video-loads-on-firefox-heres-how-to-fix-that/

[-] udon@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

So, the solution is to disable the adblocker? Not gonna happen

[-] Saprophyte@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I use pihole. It's external to a browser extension and performs the same without the in browser complaints about using an ad blocker.

[-] wurosh@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Yes, but I've had it across multiple sites that play video, so I don't think it's youtube.

[-] Brokkr@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I think youtube makes itself terrible if you don't have premium. I have the problems you describe and others on both my desktop with FF or my chromebook with chrome.

[-] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 3 points 9 months ago

Nope, it's still just as terrible with premium.

[-] Harpsist@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

On my pc with a couple ad blockers youtube is SLOW.

If i turn them off it runs fine.

On my android using adaway I have zero youtube lag.

So yeah. Seems pretty intentional

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I’ve heard this but it hasn’t happened to me.

[-] Delusion6903@discuss.online 1 points 9 months ago

On mobile I only use New Pipe for videos. Admittedly, I don't do much YouTube but I haven't noticed any problems on my laptop.

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