whfsdude@dmv.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoYouTube is deliberately crippling Firefox on ARM systemssocial.treehouse.systemsexternal-linkmessage-square213fedilinkarrow-up11.24Karrow-down143
arrow-up11.19Karrow-down1external-linkYouTube is deliberately crippling Firefox on ARM systemssocial.treehouse.systemswhfsdude@dmv.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square213fedilink
minus-squarewhfsdude@dmv.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down3·2 years 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-down1·2 years 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.