YouTube uses lower quality options on browsers with 'aarch64' Arm-based systems — reporting 'x86_64' appears to be a widespread browser fix

Tom's Hardware
Dec 12, 2023, 12:20 pm154 pts
A developer found YouTube changes the quality and resolution options for 'aarch64' Arm-based systems under Linux, and changing the user agent string to indicate an underlying Intel CPU delivered better video quality defaults and unlocked 4K playback on Apple systems with Arm-based architectures.

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