Google disrupted YouTube video playback on Firefox, again

Posted under: Web technologies
Date: 2024-06-20
Google disrupted YouTube video playback on Firefox, again

Firefox users face difficulties with certain websites, especially YouTube. Recently, high-resolution videos on YouTube had playback issues in Firefox browser, but not in Chromium-based browsers. Mozilla found the issue was due to bad VP9 bytestreams from YouTube. This follows previous instances where Google services performed worse on non-Chromium browsers, raising concerns about testing and compatibility.

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