• Allah@lemmy.worldOP
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    10 months ago

    some small problems i face is that

    while i use youtube it runs slower.

    and the quick image search feature using google lens is not present.

    and telegram voice call does not work.

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      10 months ago

      Where as,
      youtube = googlie
      google lens = googlie
      and
      telegram via web requires chromium api, so = googlie

      Hmm, proprietary things that are totally under the control of the corpo in question run slower or not at all on the corpo’s competitor’s browser. I wonder if that isn’t exactly what avoid a monoculture is all about preventing?

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      10 months ago

      Ah yes, google nerfing its own services under another browser for its own gain definitely isn’t the issue here.

    • DePietPiraat@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      You can use a different frontend for YouTube. You’ve got Freetube for pc, Yattee for MacOS and iOS and piped on any platform. These solutions also protect your privacy and block ads.

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        10 months ago

        If only they actually worked. Never understand how they get recommended constantly and yet repeatedly I try to use them and they don’t work.

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        10 months ago

        My problem with these is that the quality is always bad. Usually 720p max and only H.264 instead of VP9. YouTube quality is already bad enough as it is and nerfing it even more feels awful.

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      10 months ago

      That’s because YouTube detects the browser you are using, and slows it down for browsers that aren’t their own.

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      10 months ago

      and the quick image search feature using google lens is not present

      There’s an addon that not only adds that back into the right click menu but also adds support for other image searching services!

      Its called “search by image” and it works very well ime