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submitted 1 year ago by flango@lemmy.eco.br to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

How's it with you guys ?

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[-] ares35@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

watched a free movie on yt for the first time in a couple months last thursday. i knew about the new war on adblockers, so i had updated ublock origin's filter list cache first.

worked fine no ads, even got 1080p, which i rarely ever see for the 'legit' mainstream tv shows and movies they have.

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

even got 1080p

What's up with that by the way? I constantly watch videos in 720p that advertise 4K in the title.

[-] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

I think they will offer higher bitrates if you use chrome instead of firefox

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

It seems really inconsitent though. On some videos I have the option and sometimes not.

[-] Konlanx@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Can you choose 4K from the little gear icon in the bottom right corner of the player?

Not trying to defend YouTube, but I think they align video quality to network speed so you can watch without buffering.

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, I can't manually set hit higher either

[-] ares35@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

the big content providers and studios often don't allow a higher bitrate or resolution in a third-party (to the os its on) browser.... i hardly ever see 1080p available on that free stuff on yt.

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