So, how to spoof chrome?
this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2023
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I didn't see it, I guess ublock again saved my ass before I could realize it.
This cant be legal
So they're doing the same thing as that time they killed Edge and stretched it's skin over chromium?
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Lately (few months) YouTube will not load whatsoever on my android phone nor tablet very often, activating a VPN fixes it instantly. Using basic YouTube app
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So thats why it was buffering 24/7
They do the same shit for Google search results. Search weather or stock tickers with a Chrome user agent* and you get a rich, interactive chart of the weather forecast or stock history. Search with another mobile user agent and you get a static snapshot of the weather or stock price at an instant in time.
There's even an extension for Firefox for Android which changes the user agent for Google searches to Chrome, to get the rich content.
* just a user agent, not an actual browser, which proves that it isn't about browser capability, but rather abusing their monopolistic market position in search to further their web browser's market share. Sound familiar, Microsoft from the 90's?
It's long past time to flesh out our antitrust laws to deal with these greedy tech giants.
What’s why it sucked ass this weekend?!? Fuckers.
"Ok, so blocking adblock hasn't worked" "Let's just slow them down" "That's a great idea, no-one will ever notice"
- Winning lines from the competitive glue sniffing awards
There's me thinking I had stuffed up my pFsense config. It had me duped into thinking I was responsible!
Reminds me of the "Netscape Navigator has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down" errors that Windows 98 used to throw.
It would only throw one, and you could just move it out of the way and keep using Netscape.
Not happening for me currently, but that definitely sounds like something Google would do. Good thing Firefox lets you easily change your user agent.
Ignoring all the other obvious reasons, FF is always superior to Chrome for YT because of its simple PIP.
This is a must have, especially if I’m at work and want to keep up with any myriad of live events.
Bruh. I thought that was uBlock bypassing the ad or something.
I noticed the YouTube website sometimes has a 5 second delay or so before properly loading in with Vivaldi recently. Not sure if that's related in any way.
I noticed logging out of your YouTube account helps.
I just opened a private window in Firefox.
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~~Don't be evil.~~
~~Don't~~ be evil
Wait. Again?
Is it messing up in Smarttube too? Smarttube keeps buffering for me, or maybe it's just a bug.