Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox
Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox
old.reddit.com Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.
Posted in r/youtube by u/vk6_ • 4,160 points and 371 comments

Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away. The slow down is 5 secs according to the video.
Update 1: Safari faces the same treatment
Update 2: Google confirms 5 sec delays for ad-block user
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I use https://piped.video/trending as an alternative to YouTube.
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