db0 to [email protected]English • 3 years agoYoutube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.old.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square431fedilinkarrow-up12.52Karrow-down150cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up12.47Karrow-down1external-linkYoutube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.old.reddit.comdb0 to [email protected]English • 3 years agomessage-square431fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•3 years agoIs there something like: If(not chrome){add_delay()} ?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 years agoNo, the full context of the code snippet doesn’t appear to check the browser user agent at all. Other comments have explained that it’s most likely a lazy implementation of a check for ad blockers.
Is there something like:
If(not chrome){add_delay()}
?
No, the full context of the code snippet doesn’t appear to check the browser user agent at all. Other comments have explained that it’s most likely a lazy implementation of a check for ad blockers.