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YouTube artificially slows down video load times when using Firefox (old.reddit.com)
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[–] praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

Using Firefox, I have always had User agent switcher handy. It's a huge shame but it stops from this kind of stupid shit from happening.