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YouTube uses lower quality options on browsers running on Arm-based systems — misreporting as an x86 CPU appears to be a widespread browser fix (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] brochard@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Why wouldn't it be my browser asking for the codecs it prefers instead of the website trying to guess my computer's hardware ?

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[–] custard_swollower@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Lots of hardware lies about its useful capabilities.

Can you run 4k? Of course. But can you run more than 4 frames a second?

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

The browser can lie all they want, at the end of the day the user has the final word if they want to change things.

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