db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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-square548fedilinkarrow-up12.7Karrow-down153
arrow-up12.65Karrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square548fedilink
minus-squareAustralianSimon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoUse agent switcher plugin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/uaswitcher/
minus-squareAAA@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoSpoofing the agent only makes it look like Firefox is being used less, and websites will care even less about it.
minus-squareAmerican_Jesus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoChange browser user-agent https://www.whatismybrowser.com/
minus-squareSanyanov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoUse extensions that change your user agent You can find them in add-ons store
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.
Change browser user-agent https://www.whatismybrowser.com/
Use extensions that change your user agent
You can find them in add-ons store
Find an extension to change your user agent
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