YouTube uses lower quality options on browsers running on Arm-based systems — misreporting as an x86 CPU appears to be a widespread browser fix
YouTube uses lower quality options on browsers running on Arm-based systems — misreporting as an x86 CPU appears to be a widespread browser fix
Firefox on Linux appears to get punished for truthfully reporting 'aarch64' on Arm.

this prolly wasnt a bad decision early on... why push something to a population who cant utilize it... but shit changes fast, google.
100 0 ReplyIt seems somewhat damning that Google’s own browser had a workaround for this, though
48 0 Replywas it ignorance or malicious intent?
if it was a person, i would try and assume ignorance.. im not sure google the company deserves such respect
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The weirder thing is Firefox on ARM being detected as a HiSense TV. I did a cursory search to see if HiSense ever used Firefox OS on the TV and it doesn't seem like it. Panasonic seemed to be the only manufacturer using it.
36 0 ReplyCould be that the developers for the HiSense TV just copy-pasted whatever UA into their browser codebase and called it a day.
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YouTube is having a lot of totally not anticompetitive "bugs" in these past couple of weeks
39 0 ReplyUA sniffing again? What was it with feature detection and whatnot?
29 0 ReplyDoes this include Apple Silicon Macs? That would be a bold move.
19 0 ReplyThis issue was detected when running Firefox on Linux on Apple silicon. Firefox on Mac just identifies as x64.
It's probably not on purpose by YouTube. It's stupid they put restrictions on some heuristics to begin with but maybe because otherwise people would think YouTube is not loading properly while it's the software decoding on the not capable arm PC that can't handle the resolution.
7 0 ReplyNope, my work Mac has 1080p\4K playback no problem.
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Use piped
17 0 ReplyThey still have no app. Viewing anything on that site through your mobile browser sucks ass.
27 0 ReplyNewPipe for android
23 0 ReplyLibretube
6 0 ReplyGrayjay
3 0 ReplyPiped is based on NewPipe's extractor.
If you want an app it's available on f-droid or with sponsor block on Izzy's repo.2 0 Reply
Thank God someone finally said something! There was probably a Lemmy user somewhere who hadn't heard of it yet.
9 0 ReplySo many pipes! https://youtu.be/8g2KKGgK-0w?si=CmYDo3NBZdxgaBNR
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Repeat after me kids. It's not an "oversight", or "mistake", or "bug", or "misunderstanding"...
IF
IT
KEEPS
HAPPENING
14 0 ReplySeems like my Samsung TV app is being hit by stuff too, I had 5 unskippable ads and can't seem to get stable 1080p at 60fps any more despite gigabit fibre and cat6. Meanwhile getting 4k on my YouTube app on Android on WiFi.
Go figure.
YouTube is so desperate to fight this war that they're harming legitimate watchers meanwhile my rockpi running Android TV seems to keep running sTube just fine.
14 0 ReplyThe nic on TVs tend to be awful. I can barely break 100mbps on my lg wired or wireless.
5 0 Reply100mbps should be enough for a few 4K streams, and I imagine you’re not streaming more than one thing to your TV at any given time.
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Enshittification intensifies!
11 0 ReplyDoes this apply to Windows on ARM as well, or is it just Linux specifically for some reason?
6 0 ReplyIt's a processor variable, not OS
10 0 ReplyThat's what I figured, but every article I've seen on this calls out Linux specifically. I'll have to give it a try from my Surface Pro X when I get home and test.
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Sounds like a raspberry thing
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