this prolly wasnt a bad decision early on... why pushing something to a population who cant utilize it... but shit changes fast, google.
YouTube uses lower quality options on browsers running on Arm-based systems — misreporting as an x86 CPU appears to be a widespread browser fix
Submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.world
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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 11 months ago
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It seems somewhat damning that Google’s own browser had a workaround for this, though
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 11 months ago
was 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
Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 11 months ago
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.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 11 months ago
UA sniffing again? What was it with feature detection and so on?
cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Use piped
ButtCheekOnAStick@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They still have no app. Viewing anything on that site through your mobile browser sucks ass.
kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social 11 months ago
Piped 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.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Thank God someone finally said something! There was probably a Lemmy user somewhere who hadn’t heard of it yet.
ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So many pipes! youtu.be/8g2KKGgK-0w?si=CmYDo3NBZdxgaBNR
catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Does this include Apple Silicon Macs? That would be a bold move.
labsin@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
This 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.
CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nope, my work Mac has 1080p\4K playback no problem.
biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Seems 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 6fps 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.
Avg@lemm.ee 11 months ago
The nic on TVs tend to be awful. I can barely break 100mbps on my lg wired or wireless.
c10l@lemmy.world 11 months ago
100mbps 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.
Malfeasant@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Enshittification intensifies!
atocci@kbin.social 11 months ago
Does this apply to Windows on ARM as well, or is it just Linux specifically for some reason?
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s a processor variable, not OS
atocci@kbin.social 11 months ago
That'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.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What the heck…? My CPU is none of their business.
kbotc@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Google chooses codecs based on what it guesses your hardware will decode. (iPhones get HEVC, Android gets VP9, etc) They just didn’t put much thought into arm based home devices outside of a specific few like the shield.
brochard@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Why wouldn’t it be my browser asking for the codecs it prefers instead of the website trying to guess my computer’s hardware ?
barsoap@lemm.ee 11 months ago
My by now rather ancient rk3399 board can hardware-decode both at 4k 60Hz. Which has nothing to do with the fact that it’s aarch64, but that Rockchip included a beast of a VPU (it was originally designed for set-top boxes).
How about, dunno, asking the browser what kind of media it would prefer?
w2tpmf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If you use any Google service, everything of yours is your business. You are their product, voluntarily.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No.