db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 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-square478fedilinkarrow-up12.72Karrow-down156
arrow-up12.66Karrow-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@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square478fedilink
minus-squareAustralianSimon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 years agoUse agent switcher plugin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/uaswitcher/
minus-squareAAA@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoSpoofing the agent only makes it look like Firefox is being used less, and websites will care even less about it.
minus-squareSanyanov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoUse extensions that change your user agent You can find them in add-ons store
minus-squareAmerican_Jesus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoChange browser user-agent https://www.whatismybrowser.com/
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoFind an extension to change your user agent
So, how to spoof chrome?
Use agent switcher plugin
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/uaswitcher/
👍 thanks
Spoofing the agent only makes it look like Firefox is being used less, and websites will care even less about it.
Use extensions that change your user agent
You can find them in add-ons store
Change browser user-agent https://www.whatismybrowser.com/
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Find an extension to change your user agent