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I have UBlock installed on Firefox and what is pictured here is what has been happening for every video that I'm clicking on. Panning doesn't make the video play either. I tried that. It's not my internet connection since the videos and ads that you can't even skip and pause when you tab out play just fine on Chrome. In the days before this happened I got several popups from YouTube saying that adblockers aren't allowed after months of browsing YouTube ad-free without issue

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[–] HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I use Firefox and uBlock Origin and for the last week or more every Youtube video I open takes about 10 or so seconds to open, just sitting there spinning.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Try using the extension that can spoof what browser you're using. Last year, Firefox was being hindered by YouTube until I downloaded that and made it think I was using a Chrome browser.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago

Sure would be nice if we had net neutrality back and they couldn't pull this bullshit

[–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sometimes I wonder if Firefox actually has low market share, of if this sort of shit just skews the statistics.

I, for one, refuse to spoof my browser because I want them to know Chrome is not as dominant as they think.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's not the reason for low market share. Most people just don't use ff

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Most people just don't use ff

How do you know? Statistics reported by websites... which are recording user agent strings?

[–] splendoruranium@infosec.pub 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

How do you know? Statistics reported by websites… which are recording user agent strings?

If you randomly stopped people in the streets and asked them what a user agent was, you'd get a certain percentage of folks that give you the correct answer. That percentage is the upper ceiling for any possible error margin that websites recording user agent strings have in attributing those strings to actual browsers, since nobody unaware of that term will know how or be interested in changing their user agent.

Do you think it likely that this percentage is going to be in any way, shape or form... impactful, considering that most people won't be able to tell you what a browser is? 😜

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

That's my reasoning as well

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-mask/

This extension also shims a few additional JavaScript attributes, like navigator.vendor or the global chrome object, to pass common browser checks

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

Same here. It's not even that annoying, but noticable.