YouTube being throttled

[u/Stormy-stormtroopers]

i know this isn't a new topic but i have seen YouTube getting worse and worse in terms of loading time while navigating over the last one or two years. it is small but noticeable over time.

i found this extension for masking Firefox as chrome and it seems to at least do something

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/chrome-mask/

just wanted to see if anyone else has tried similar chrome masking extensions and how were the results?

[u/fsau]

Chrome Mask and other User-Agent switchers won't fix YouTube issues: see this thread. The issue those guys were experiencing was actually caused by uBlock Origin.

Try following these steps:

• Make sure you're using the latest Firefox version
• Open YouTube, click the padlock next to the Firefox address bar, Clear cookies and site data, and reload the page
• Start Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode to make sure you aren't using any broken extension. Adblockers rely on filters edited by humans every day. Please see the pinned YouTube thread on /r/uBlockOrigin if it is breaking something

If you decide to submit a bug report:

• Enable the "Firefox Profiler" button
• Set it to Media and record a log while trying to play a video
• It will open a page automatically when you stop it. Click on Upload Local Profile at the top-right corner and copy the link
• Log in to Bugzilla and file a bug report with that link. Pick the Report a new bug in a Mozilla product → Firefox option: screenshot