Comment on Former Mozilla exec: Google has sabotaged Firefox for years (2019)Comments−xd19362yJust today, the /r/YouTube subreddit was discussing how Polymer adds an artificial 5 second delay based on user-agents other than Chrome.1. https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_ha...−accrual2yHere is the JS that was found: setTimeout(function() { c(); a.resolve(1) }, 5E3);−phkahler2yThat's pretty clearly anti-competetive.−rendaw2yBeing discussed here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38345858
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Just today, the /r/YouTube subreddit was discussing how Polymer adds an artificial 5 second delay based on user-agents other than Chrome.
1. https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_ha...
Here is the JS that was found:
That's pretty clearly anti-competetive.
Being discussed here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38345858