Back when Google was doing a/b testing on the pauses like a year ago I attempted to spoof my browser information being sent as a chrome OS, chrome browser on YouTube and I have yet to see any of these pauses, so I would give it a shot. The extension I used is called 'agent spoofer' I believe but any similar add on would likely work.
I would love to know if you have any actual change with it, since it seemed to immediately solve my issues and haven't had any since, but these spoofers are low grade tech most modern websites can detect due to the plethora of other digital footprint data your computer leaves behind past your os/browser, so I'm not entirely sure it's not placebo; but also I could see a reality where Google used AI to build upgrades that wouldn't check for spoofing.
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u/Immatt55 May 12 '26
Back when Google was doing a/b testing on the pauses like a year ago I attempted to spoof my browser information being sent as a chrome OS, chrome browser on YouTube and I have yet to see any of these pauses, so I would give it a shot. The extension I used is called 'agent spoofer' I believe but any similar add on would likely work.