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YouTube is deliberately crippling Firefox on ARM systems (social.treehouse.systems)
submitted 2 years ago by whfsdude@dmv.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] AceSLS@ani.social -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reddit and Hacker News users who’ve examined the code that appears to be causing the delay have said they see no indication that YouTube checks what kind of browser is in use

That means nothing, this check could be done on the server side and noone would know

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

I mean... We can we can invent a thousand conspiracies if we want to...