YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox userswww.androidauthority.comexternal-link dvdnet89 ( @dvdnet89@lemmy.today ) Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago message-square71fedilinkarrow-up1579
arrow-up1579external-linkYouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox userswww.androidauthority.com dvdnet89 ( @dvdnet89@lemmy.today ) Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago message-square71fedilink
minus-square Schwim Dandy ( @schwim@reddthat.com ) linkfedilink14•1 year agoI’m sorry but I don’t see how that check is browser-specific. Is that part happening on the browser side?
minus-square PoliticalAgitator ( @PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink22•1 year agoThey don’t need to put incriminating “if Firefox” statements in their code – the initial page request would have included the user agent and it would be trivial to serve different JavaScript based on what it said.
minus-square phx ( @phx@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink18•1 year agoEasy enough to test though. Load the page with a UA changer and see if it still shows up when Firefox pretends to be Chrome
I’m sorry but I don’t see how that check is browser-specific. Is that part happening on the browser side?
They don’t need to put incriminating “if Firefox” statements in their code – the initial page request would have included the user agent and it would be trivial to serve different JavaScript based on what it said.
Easy enough to test though. Load the page with a UA changer and see if it still shows up when Firefox pretends to be Chrome