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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years ago

Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.

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Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years ago

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The fuck?? Isn’t this anti competitive behaviour?
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  Yes. The US DOJ has a website for reporting antitrust concerns

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