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Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away. (old.reddit.com)
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[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 44 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Gmail is almost painfully slow on my PC (I use Adblock on Firefox). Does anyone else experience this?

And, yes, I know Gmail is very bad, you're preaching to the choir. I am in the midst of switching over.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Google Streetview is also ubgodly laggy. I have to refresh constantly to bring it to normal speed, and that lasts a few mins.

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I can recommend mail.com. 14 USD for a full year. but you can also use it for free. I just payed for it last month.

[–] knacht1@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

No slowdowns here. Using Gmail since it's inception. Fi customer with a backup service. We have YouTube premium maybe I'm getting away with something. No ads and no buffering.