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-square473fedilinkarrow-up12.7Karrow-down154cross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mltecnologia@lemmy.eco.brmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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-square473fedilinkcross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mltecnologia@lemmy.eco.brmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
minus-squareares35@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down1·1 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-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·1 year agoAnd it cost them 280 million in the 90s ouch
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·1 year 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.