YouTube uses lower quality options on browsers running on Arm-based systems — misreporting as an x86 CPU appears to be a widespread browser fix - eviltoast
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      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.

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        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 ?

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        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?

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      11 months ago

      If you use any Google service, everything of yours is their business. You are their product, voluntarily.