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YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, and it has nothing to do with your browser (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ca
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[–] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

But why does changing the user agent get rid of the problem?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Does it? My user agent is still Firefox (default Librewolf after switching on "Resist Fingerprinting"), and well, it doesn't affect me (also added the filter suggested on reddit).

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I haven't explored it myself, but it might be a better test to change the useragent to chrome once it does affect you

    I assume with A/B testing, the issue is only applied to a random set of users. So once it DOES affect you, toggle the useragent to see if it fixes it

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