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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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ARk@lemm.ee
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Likely just a network-related issue

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thomcat@midwest.social
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Using a VPN on a shitty network won’t magically make your network connection better.

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spamspeicher@feddit.de
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It is possible. Maybe the peering from his ISP to YouTube is shit/ overloaded. That was an issue for Deutsche Telekom for a few years because Telekom didn’t want to pay for better peering. With a VPN it is possible to get good peering to your ISP and YouTube and in return faster load speeds.

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