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		brailsafe on Nov 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube slows down video load times when using Fir... Why would you be surprised that they'd implement this? It's their job to implement things.

n4r9 on Nov 20, 2023 [–]

They were using it to evade law enforcement while flouting regulations. It's highly unethical and almost certainly illegal.

brailsafe on Nov 21, 2023 | [–]

Oh I thought you were referring back to the YouTube issue

n4r9 on Nov 21, 2023 | | [–]

Tbh even that is ethically very questionable, if the engineers knew that the outcome would be a delay specific to Firefox.

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