YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users

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dvdnet89 ( @dvdnet89@lemmy.today )

Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago

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YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users

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dvdnet89 ( @dvdnet89@lemmy.today )

Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago

Users are reporting that YouTube has begun adding a five second delay when loading a video on non-Chrome browsers like Firefox. Read on!

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Been like this for a long time now. Both YT and YT Music are unusable on desktop due to the lag.

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