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Google slows down Firefox users when watching YouTube....

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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Mine instantly loads. Perhaps there's some other stuff going on with hardware/software or something this person is running?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've experienced this issue firsthand, although it's more like 3 to 4 seconds. Changing the user agent to Chrome causes videos to load instantly, and restoring it to the original user agent causes the "lag".

Some possibly relevant information: I'm running Firefox with unlock Origin on Linux Mint. I've also received the "playback will be disabled after 3 videos" message in the past -- so it's possibly only affecting users they strongly suspect are still using ad-blockers with workarounds.

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