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Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away. (old.reddit.com)

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[-] Soggytoast@lemm.ee 24 points 7 months ago

Lately (few months) YouTube will not load whatsoever on my android phone nor tablet very often, activating a VPN fixes it instantly. Using basic YouTube app

[-] ARk@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

Likely just a network-related issue

[-] thomcat@midwest.social -2 points 7 months ago

Using a VPN on a shitty network won't magically make your network connection better.

[-] ghterve@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

No but it can definitely work around issues like a congested link between isp and Google, resolving network-related YouTube performance issues.

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