db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 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-square479fedilinkarrow-up12.7Karrow-down154
arrow-up12.64Karrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square479fedilink
minus-squarePoliteGhost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·11 months agoSo, how to spoof chrome?
minus-squareAustralianSimon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·11 months agoUse agent switcher plugin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/uaswitcher/
minus-squareAAA@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoSpoofing the agent only makes it look like Firefox is being used less, and websites will care even less about it.
minus-squareSanyanov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoUse extensions that change your user agent You can find them in add-ons store
minus-squareAmerican_Jesus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoChange browser user-agent https://www.whatismybrowser.com/
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months 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.
Use extensions that change your user agent
You can find them in add-ons store
Change browser user-agent https://www.whatismybrowser.com/
Find an extension to change your user agent
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