3 ms·
And they do the same thing with YouTube by slowing down the initial load in other browsers. Google is evil, and this is the least of it.
by tamimio 2y ago
And they do the same thing with YouTube by slowing down the initial load in other browsers. Google is evil, and this is the least of it.
- justanotheratom 2y ago"don't be evil"
- ziml77 2y ago[flagged]
- shakna 2y agoChanging Firefox's UserAgent to Chrome's, results in a speed-up. Because when the useragent isn't Chrome, YouTube checks for feature availability, whilst on Chrome, they just assume it is all there.
- ziml77 2y agoThanks for giving me a specific example. At this point in the evolution of web standards and their implementations, that kind of UA check is stupid enough that I can believe there is at least some level of intent to not also making assumptions about available features on other browsers.