whfsdude@dmv.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoYouTube is deliberately crippling Firefox on ARM systemssocial.treehouse.systemsexternal-linkmessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down139
arrow-up11.02Karrow-down1external-linkYouTube is deliberately crippling Firefox on ARM systemssocial.treehouse.systemswhfsdude@dmv.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squarewhfsdude@dmv.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down3·8 months agoIt’s probably the case that this was good intent given the lack of desktop ARM computing hardware, but they really should let the client decide the video quality.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoTrue, but I would guess that the clients didn’t handle that well and this was just a stupid quick fix.
It’s probably the case that this was good intent given the lack of desktop ARM computing hardware, but they really should let the client decide the video quality.
True, but I would guess that the clients didn’t handle that well and this was just a stupid quick fix.