Comment by xd1936

3 years ago

Just today, the /r/YouTube subreddit was discussing how Polymer adds an artificial 5 second delay based on user-agents other than Chrome.

1. https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_ha...

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accrual 3 years ago

Here is the JS that was found:

    setTimeout(function() {
        c();
        a.resolve(1)
    }, 5E3);

phkahler 3 years ago
That's pretty clearly anti-competetive.
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rendaw 3 years ago

Being discussed here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38345858