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Written by Alkaris :verified_trans: :verified: on 2025-01-27 at 13:02

Changing your Browser User-Agent shouldn't make your browsing experience faster on certain sites, yet it does, particularly with YouTube. If you're not using Chromium based browsers, YouTube will load slower on average on purpose.

YouTube artificially slows your experience if you're using browsers not based on Chromium, and is noticeable on browsers like Firefox or Floorp, but if you spoof your User-Agent to Chromium or variant of Chromium, YouTube loads faster.

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Written by Jess👾 on 2025-01-27 at 13:50

@Alkaris That sort of shit should be considered anticompetitive and added to the antitrust case against Google...

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