dvdnet89 ( dvdnet89@lemmy.today ) to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agoYouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox userswww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1579
arrow-up1579external-linkYouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox userswww.androidauthority.comdvdnet89 ( dvdnet89@lemmy.today ) to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square71linkfedilink
minus-squareSchwim Dandy ( schwim@reddthat.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 years agoI’m sorry but I don’t see how that check is browser-specific. Is that part happening on the browser side?
minus-squarePoliticalAgitator ( PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up22·3 years 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-squarephx ( phx@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 years 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