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by thinkingtoilet 1y ago

Name one.

xboxnolifes 1y ago
Youtube will after a while.
- brooke2k 1y ago
  I use youtube a worrying amount, all through firefox (and I am also an ADHD 1000 tabs open person), and I have never had this experience across multiple computers.
  - rererereferred 1y ago
    Youtube freezes for me on Windows with Firefox. Sometimes it freezes the whole browser so added a rule to block it in uBo and use another browser for it (which also helps me reduce my time on youtube thanks to the added friction). I don't know if its an issue with my specific hardware or what. In Mac and Linux (different PC) it works fine.
    - thinkingtoilet 1y ago
      You're using an add-on that blocks core functionality. That is not Firefox's fault.
      - rererereferred 1y ago
        I'm blocking it to avoid it freezing the browser. Before I blocked it, it froze the browser.
  - xboxnolifes 1y ago
    You need to keep the same youtube tab open and navigate the website a considerable amount on it for it to occur. I use the same tabs repeatedly, and by the end of the day I get an incredibly sluggish site. Not the end of the world, since I just close the tab and start a new one, but it does exist. Firefox has had documented issues with youtube for the better part of a decade at least.
    - soupbowl 1y ago
      I have also had this Firefox YouTube issue.
    - DirkH 1y ago
      Fixed by restarting tabs?
- soraminazuki 1y ago
  Google is known to sabotage non-Chrome browsers and ad-blockers on YouTube, accidentally on purpose at every chance it can get. That's hardly Firefox's fault. 2014: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8606879 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8606879 2016: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10877810 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10877810 2018: https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/91i0mc/youtube_page_load_is_5x_slower_in_firefox_and/ https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/91i0mc/youtube... 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18697824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18697824 2019: https://archive.is/tgIH9 https://archive.is/tgIH9 2019: https://www.thurrott.com/google/207371/google-now-forces-microsoft-edge-preview-users-to-use-chrome-for-the-modern-youtube-experience https://www.thurrott.com/google/207371/google-now-forces-mic... 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22422522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22422522 2023: https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_has_started_to_artificially_slow_down/ https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_ha... 2024: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41379517 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41379517 2024: https://xcancel.com/brave/status/1870172541907550496 https://xcancel.com/brave/status/1870172541907550496 2025: Whatever you're referring to.

Name one.

xboxnolifes 1y ago

Youtube will after a while.

brooke2k 1y ago
I use youtube a worrying amount, all through firefox (and I am also an ADHD 1000 tabs open person), and I have never had this experience across multiple computers.
- rererereferred 1y ago
  Youtube freezes for me on Windows with Firefox. Sometimes it freezes the whole browser so added a rule to block it in uBo and use another browser for it (which also helps me reduce my time on youtube thanks to the added friction). I don't know if its an issue with my specific hardware or what. In Mac and Linux (different PC) it works fine.
  - thinkingtoilet 1y ago
    You're using an add-on that blocks core functionality. That is not Firefox's fault.
    - rererereferred 1y ago
      I'm blocking it to avoid it freezing the browser. Before I blocked it, it froze the browser.
- xboxnolifes 1y ago
  You need to keep the same youtube tab open and navigate the website a considerable amount on it for it to occur. I use the same tabs repeatedly, and by the end of the day I get an incredibly sluggish site. Not the end of the world, since I just close the tab and start a new one, but it does exist. Firefox has had documented issues with youtube for the better part of a decade at least.
  - soupbowl 1y ago
    I have also had this Firefox YouTube issue.
  - DirkH 1y ago
    Fixed by restarting tabs?
soraminazuki 1y ago
Google is known to sabotage non-Chrome browsers and ad-blockers on YouTube, accidentally on purpose at every chance it can get. That's hardly Firefox's fault. 2014: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8606879 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8606879 2016: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10877810 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10877810 2018: https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/91i0mc/youtube_page_load_is_5x_slower_in_firefox_and/ https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/91i0mc/youtube... 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18697824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18697824 2019: https://archive.is/tgIH9 https://archive.is/tgIH9 2019: https://www.thurrott.com/google/207371/google-now-forces-microsoft-edge-preview-users-to-use-chrome-for-the-modern-youtube-experience https://www.thurrott.com/google/207371/google-now-forces-mic... 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22422522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22422522 2023: https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_has_started_to_artificially_slow_down/ https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_ha... 2024: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41379517 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41379517 2024: https://xcancel.com/brave/status/1870172541907550496 https://xcancel.com/brave/status/1870172541907550496 2025: Whatever you're referring to.