db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months 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-square475fedilinkarrow-up12.69Kcross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mltecnologia@lemmy.eco.brmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.worldwolnyinternet@szmer.info
arrow-up12.69Kexternal-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 · 7 months agomessage-square475fedilinkcross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mltecnologia@lemmy.eco.brmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.worldwolnyinternet@szmer.info
minus-squareares35@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up136·7 months 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-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·7 months agoAnd it cost them 280 million in the 90s ouch
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·7 months agoSomething tells me they survived.
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.