I swapped to Brave, and there’s an extension to prevent it from being recognized as such, and avoid the throttling.
Stargate_1
Yup, google also intnetionally throttles Google Mail and other Google Services, like Maps.
Has nothing to do with Firefox, just blatant anti-competitive behaviour from Google. It’s extremely obvious and I don”t understand how Firefox hasn’t sued over it yet
National-Chemical132
Yeah? Because it’s been fast as hell for me, with no fluctuations on my PC.
INDE_Tex
also Docs loads like shit on Firefox. Buddies and I are writing 2e for our TTRPG and at 200 pages so far it grinds. I move over to a Chromium based browser like Brave, and no issues.
Kosmos-World
I use Edge like a heathen.
RevTurk
I’ve found that YouTube videos played on Firefox hang now too. The video will freeze and the audio keeps going, I have to refresh the page to fix it.
Its’ that kind of petty greedy money grubbing that really makes me hate companies like google. It’s OK to make money, but to make more money that anyone else can dream of and then cry poor mouth and say they need more money is just pure greed, no one can respect a company that behaves like that.
treesverygoodyes
I was wondering why it kept stuttering, and when I opened up edge to see whether it had the same issue it playedback a 4k video just fine.
2bb4llRG
Yep they stay freezing for a second but since I always had shitty connection it doesnt bother me that much tbh, gonna switch to Brave soon tho
Mors_Umbra
Yeah my Firefox has been Laggy as fuck on YouTube for ages. I know they’re doing it intentionally but I refuse to change my browser preference to suit them because fuck them.
They recently made video thumbnails about 400% bigger and they’re all full of compression artifacts and just look fucking awful and I’m not sure if that was a design choice or if it’s just another ‘fuck your browser’ from them but I honestly don’t care at this point.
I’d be embarrassed if I was working on that site, can’t you make it run well on a normal browser? Are you incompetent? They can’t answer you truthfully because that would get google sued 🙄
dobber72
I noticed it slowed down loading videos recently but that only lasted a week or two, now it’s back to normal, no slow down any more. Sticking with Firefox and uBlock Origin.
amgfleh
Also Google Meet. it doesn’t even remove the pop up that asks for the camera and mic permission, even if it’s already been granted. Have to reload multiple times.
Drakahn_Stark
I haven’t noticed any slow downs, but I have noticed that sometimes it will only load a black page, a reload fixes it though, no idea if it’s something they are doing or one of my extensions, not a big deal.
razvanciuy
FF, duckduckgo and the duck mail.
538_Jean
I was there when 33.6kbps modems were around. I can wait a few seconds.
knightofren_
Switched to Brave for that native Adblock experience.
Beni_Stingray
Interesting, youtube works perfectly fine on my computer, no slow downs or lags or anything even on 4k.
TheBrady1998
I’ve never had any issues with YouTube on Firefox. It my main form of entertainment.
peepeeepo
For ff and chrome. I find that deleting all cookies and histories fixes this.
S1egwardZwiebelbrudi
google must learn the lesson, that no lag is as bad as a fucking ad. i would never use chrome and suffer through that
Kyosji
Didn’t they get sued over this a while back?
DarthFreeza9000
Semi related but Hulu throttles on Firefox and that’s because you can screen record without having to add browser extensions like on chrome
GalahadXY
Following such news, is there a better browser? Opera just eats the same amount of ram as Google in my case
BlazeBuilderX
used to use chrome then shifted to firefox, after all the shit youtube is doing to firefox, shifted to brave, after this imma quit youtube altogether
Firagon007
Use Vivaldi, norwegian browser with ublock and other blockers in it. Plus free VPN from ProtonVPN
Kyosji
For everyone going “They wouldn’t sue Google, they’re paying them”, you all clearly haven’t been following the DOJ vs Google things happening. DOJ is actively trying to prevent Google from paying companies like Firefox for being their default search engine because it’s a monopoly according to them.
I never even realised all of this has been happening. I’ve just been using Edge with uBlock for the past 3 years and never got any issues. Heck, there is an adblock baked into Edge for Android. BTW Ublock Origin is still on the Edge Addons store. I’m not sure for how long considering it looks like Microsoft may also follow suit with Chrome, but time will tell.
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I swapped to Brave, and there’s an extension to prevent it from being recognized as such, and avoid the throttling.
Yup, google also intnetionally throttles Google Mail and other Google Services, like Maps.
Has nothing to do with Firefox, just blatant anti-competitive behaviour from Google. It’s extremely obvious and I don”t understand how Firefox hasn’t sued over it yet
Yeah? Because it’s been fast as hell for me, with no fluctuations on my PC.
also Docs loads like shit on Firefox. Buddies and I are writing 2e for our TTRPG and at 200 pages so far it grinds. I move over to a Chromium based browser like Brave, and no issues.
I use Edge like a heathen.
I’ve found that YouTube videos played on Firefox hang now too. The video will freeze and the audio keeps going, I have to refresh the page to fix it.
Its’ that kind of petty greedy money grubbing that really makes me hate companies like google. It’s OK to make money, but to make more money that anyone else can dream of and then cry poor mouth and say they need more money is just pure greed, no one can respect a company that behaves like that.
I was wondering why it kept stuttering, and when I opened up edge to see whether it had the same issue it playedback a 4k video just fine.
Yep they stay freezing for a second but since I always had shitty connection it doesnt bother me that much tbh, gonna switch to Brave soon tho
Yeah my Firefox has been Laggy as fuck on YouTube for ages. I know they’re doing it intentionally but I refuse to change my browser preference to suit them because fuck them.
They recently made video thumbnails about 400% bigger and they’re all full of compression artifacts and just look fucking awful and I’m not sure if that was a design choice or if it’s just another ‘fuck your browser’ from them but I honestly don’t care at this point.
I’d be embarrassed if I was working on that site, can’t you make it run well on a normal browser? Are you incompetent? They can’t answer you truthfully because that would get google sued 🙄
I noticed it slowed down loading videos recently but that only lasted a week or two, now it’s back to normal, no slow down any more. Sticking with Firefox and uBlock Origin.
Also Google Meet. it doesn’t even remove the pop up that asks for the camera and mic permission, even if it’s already been granted. Have to reload multiple times.
I haven’t noticed any slow downs, but I have noticed that sometimes it will only load a black page, a reload fixes it though, no idea if it’s something they are doing or one of my extensions, not a big deal.
FF, duckduckgo and the duck mail.
I was there when 33.6kbps modems were around. I can wait a few seconds.
Switched to Brave for that native Adblock experience.
Interesting, youtube works perfectly fine on my computer, no slow downs or lags or anything even on 4k.
I’ve never had any issues with YouTube on Firefox. It my main form of entertainment.
For ff and chrome. I find that deleting all cookies and histories fixes this.
google must learn the lesson, that no lag is as bad as a fucking ad. i would never use chrome and suffer through that
Didn’t they get sued over this a while back?
Semi related but Hulu throttles on Firefox and that’s because you can screen record without having to add browser extensions like on chrome
Following such news, is there a better browser? Opera just eats the same amount of ram as Google in my case
used to use chrome then shifted to firefox, after all the shit youtube is doing to firefox, shifted to brave, after this imma quit youtube altogether
Use Vivaldi, norwegian browser with ublock and other blockers in it. Plus free VPN from ProtonVPN
For everyone going “They wouldn’t sue Google, they’re paying them”, you all clearly haven’t been following the DOJ vs Google things happening. DOJ is actively trying to prevent Google from paying companies like Firefox for being their default search engine because it’s a monopoly according to them.
[https://www.theverge.com/news/660548/firefox-google-search-revenue-share-doj-antitrust-remedies](https://www.theverge.com/news/660548/firefox-google-search-revenue-share-doj-antitrust-remedies)
I never even realised all of this has been happening. I’ve just been using Edge with uBlock for the past 3 years and never got any issues. Heck, there is an adblock baked into Edge for Android. BTW Ublock Origin is still on the Edge Addons store. I’m not sure for how long considering it looks like Microsoft may also follow suit with Chrome, but time will tell.