db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYoutube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.old.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square407fedilinkarrow-up12.69Karrow-down155cross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.worldwolnyinternet@szmer.info
arrow-up12.63Karrow-down1external-linkYoutube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.old.reddit.comdb0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square407fedilinkcross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mlmildlyinfuriating@lemmy.worldwolnyinternet@szmer.info
minus-squareRustmilian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up213arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoDoesn’t this break competition laws? Couldn’t Google/YouTube be sued over this?
minus-squareBurn_The_Right@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down7·edit-21 year agoNot in the U.S. Not as long as conservatives (incl. neo-liberals) have the power to protect them. Our conservative politicians are bought and paid for by large anti-competitive corporations.
minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·1 year agoBought and paid for with a pittance.
minus-squaremycatiskai@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoThey are bribed for so little that it would be almost easier to make a dystopian sounding PAC with money raised by small dollar donations to bribe them to do what the people want instead of them doing what rich donors want.
minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoOnly if that PAC could somehow guarantee a cushy job post politics.
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·1 year agoYes. And you can submit your complaint here https://www.justice.gov/atr/complaint-center
minus-squareJigglySackles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoYeah, the fines just aren’t big enough for Google to care.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoWait for it to become equally shitty in all browsers, and then you can only watch in a special Youtube Windows app.
minus-squareumbraroze@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMicrosoft got repeatedly hit over this kind of shenanigans in MSIE during and after the anti-trust lawsuit. Sadly, that was 20 years ago. I’m not having much faith in American justice system doing anything about this nowadays.
Doesn’t this break competition laws?
Couldn’t Google/YouTube be sued over this?
Not in the U.S. Not as long as conservatives (incl. neo-liberals) have the power to protect them.
Our conservative politicians are bought and paid for by large anti-competitive corporations.
Bought and paid for with a pittance.
They are bribed for so little that it would be almost easier to make a dystopian sounding PAC with money raised by small dollar donations to bribe them to do what the people want instead of them doing what rich donors want.
Only if that PAC could somehow guarantee a cushy job post politics.
Yes. And you can submit your complaint here
https://www.justice.gov/atr/complaint-center
Well, can’t hurt to try.
Yeah, the fines just aren’t big enough for Google to care.
Wait for it to become equally shitty in all browsers, and then you can only watch in a special Youtube Windows app.
Microsoft got repeatedly hit over this kind of shenanigans in MSIE during and after the anti-trust lawsuit.
Sadly, that was 20 years ago. I’m not having much faith in American justice system doing anything about this nowadays.