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[–] vortexal@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In addition to the fact that I remember this happening several years ago, I'm pretty sure this has been an issue for a while. When I decided to exclusively use Firefox about a year ago, YouTube as a whole would load slowly and it still does.

And I hate the fact that Google knows that they will benefit from this because, unfortunately, a majority of YouTube users are sheeple.

[–] KuraiWolfGaming@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I started noticing how sometimes youtube just seemingly refused to load fully on my phone. I thought it was just my crap internet. But since I use Iceraven, a fork of firefox, it seems that may be why.

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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What is the extension they use in the video to spoof Chrome?

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Once upon a time, Google wanted to kill the user-agent.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any extensions you'd recommend for having Firefox spoof chrome?

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Does not happen for me Safari or Firefox.

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[–] llama@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The YouTube viewing experience on FF is terrible. I have premium no ads and still manage to break the interface occasionally by clicking a new video or seeking the video playing.

[–] blahsay@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Firefox is great for YouTube. Don't support google via premium - those guys aren't exactly short of a dime. Addblockers are flawless.

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