db0 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year 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-square471fedilinkarrow-up12.69Karrow-down153cross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.worldwolnyinternet@szmer.info
arrow-up12.63Karrow-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 Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square471fedilinkcross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.worldwolnyinternet@szmer.info
minus-squareares35linkfedilink134•1 year agothis isn’t much different than when microsoft added code specifically to break windows 3.1 when run under dr-dos instead of their own ms-dos. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code
minus-square@Lmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish73•1 year agoAnd it cost them 280 million in the 90s ouch
this isn’t much different than when microsoft added code specifically to break windows 3.1 when run under dr-dos instead of their own ms-dos. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code
And it cost them 280 million in the 90s ouch
Something tells me they survived.