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by pests 3133 days ago
And what vim_coder and ConputerGuru meant was that Firefox would present a spoofed list of supported codecs to YouTube to force selection of the higher bandwidth, lower-powered codec.

Just because Firefox technically supports a format doesn't mean it has to disclose that format to external servers for selection.
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icebraining 3133 days ago
Having custom behaviors for specific sites is a terrible practice. Browsers are complex enough as they are without an extra layer of hacks.
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ComputerGuru 3133 days ago
Who said anything about custom behavior for custom sites? A simple “on battery? X264/265 only” is what’s being discussed here.
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the8472 3133 days ago
That does not work because the browser that does not know how much it can reduce the presented feature-set without actually breaking the site. Some content is vpx-only.
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username223 3133 days ago
It seems just about the same as having custom behaviors for specific user agents. Sadly, that's how things work these days.
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