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Why you SHOULD be using Firefox
- Thread starter opethdisciple
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I use Ublock origin Lite as well as STANDS with my Chrome install and I also use Technium dns with a couple of the ad blocking lists and haven't had any major issues yet.
Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin
Firefox says it will keep supporting uBlock Origin even as Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3.www.pcworld.com
And this will eventually be what drives people to Firefox.
There's still issues with streaming quality from some sites where you could only get the higher resolution stream using Edge, Firefox also seems really bad at hogging ram compared to other browsers so I don't think there are going to be hoards of people rushing to switch just yet.
It's been a while since Chrome removed uBlock Origin and Firefox's market share is still declining.Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin
Firefox says it will keep supporting uBlock Origin even as Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3.
And this will eventually be what drives people to Firefox.
I never liked Chrome when it came out. I tried one day to see what the web was like with all my Firefox extensions and scripts/custom scripts off.
My god the Internet is cancer now. It's truly disgusting. I was so shocked how bad it has become.
My god the Internet is cancer now. It's truly disgusting. I was so shocked how bad it has become.
Mozilla shot themself in the foot years ago when they refused to provide MSI's and group policy templates for network admins to deploy and manage it on corporate and edu networks and by the time they had everyone was using Chrome and Edge.
You can still use ad blockers in Chrome and a lot of people are blocking with dns now as well.
Mozilla are playing catchup, Firefox is a poor choice if you are streaming from one of the platforms like Netflix and Prime, it also hogs ram and there are issues with its free VPN service. People that use any of Google or Microsoft’s online services are going to use their browsers for compatibility. I have multiple browsers installed but there’s little incentive for new users to switch to Firefox.
I only use Google/MS services and use Firefox without any issues, don't care for VPN so can't comment, streaming platforms are fine in FF, though netflix is at 1080p, which is more than fine quality anyway as everything is AV1 encoded on the platform and in my testing I saw very little quality difference through a browser between 4K and 1080 due to this.
Only Edge supports Netflix HDR (Safari on Mac) anyway, so you aren't getting the best out of Netflix on a browser unless you use that browser only.
RAM use is a moot point, RAM is meant to be used not sit 70% unused. My tabs are 30+ open sometimes across 2 FF windows side by side and can see up to 10GB RAM being used. Zero impact to actual performance of the system of course.
Only Edge supports Netflix HDR (Safari on Mac) anyway, so you aren't getting the best out of Netflix on a browser unless you use that browser only.
RAM use is a moot point, RAM is meant to be used not sit 70% unused. My tabs are 30+ open sometimes across 2 FF windows side by side and can see up to 10GB RAM being used. Zero impact to actual performance of the system of course.
1080p in Firefox is a relatively new development though it was stuck at 720p for years they are just playing catchup.
Of course ram shouldn't sit there being unused but Firefox is known to be worse than other browsers and at a time when systems are being built with less ram because of the AI inflated prices that does matter. Even Microsoft have realised its a problem and have backtracked on memory recommendations of 32GB for windows 11 their own surface laptop only had 8GB so Firefox using 10GB for two windows would be a non starter.
So it took them 10 years to support 1080p after it was available in Edge...
Both Edge and Chrome now support Ultra HD maybe in another ten years Firefox will as well:
help.netflix.com
Both Edge and Chrome now support Ultra HD maybe in another ten years Firefox will as well:
Netflix supported browsers and system requirements
Check Netflix supported browsers and system requirements. Learn minimum versions for Chrome, Safari, and Edge to watch in Full HD or Ultra HD on Windows, Mac, or Linux.
help.netflix.com
It's already been 10 years since Edge supported Ultra HD.So it took them 10 years to support 1080p after it was available in Edge...
Both Edge and Chrome now support Ultra HD maybe in another ten years Firefox will as well:
Netflix supported browsers and system requirements
Check Netflix supported browsers and system requirements. Learn minimum versions for Chrome, Safari, and Edge to watch in Full HD or Ultra HD on Windows, Mac, or Linux.
If you go to advanced preferences there is a an entry for Playready "media.eme.playready.enabled" but I don't know if it is fully implemented.
There are extensions that help you download stuff, one such extension says in its blurb that it doesnt work on some things in Chrome because if they enabled it to do that it would get banned from the store by google. So features that some might find useful in Firefox could actually make streaming platforms less inclined to support it.
That's kind of my point though FF is so far behind in some things it's not even in the race.
It's great that Firefox now supports 1080p but other browsers have moved on now to better things.
Firefox may have been slow to bring onboard certain features, whether it was their doing or needing to wait on external bodies such as MS or Netflix to allow support, Chrome is not immune to being slow to adopt the most basic features either. To this day you cannot organise bookmarks into folder, a feature people have been asking for over 10 years. Firefox has had this since it was Netscape.
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Does this work for you? I just get spinning circle.
It maybe as you said its not fully implemented, but also there is some filtering with the user agent (browser identifier) as an example I have been able to use netflix in 1080p for years in firefox by pretending I am using edge.
https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm/ Also this page which for me shows only widevine support.
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I should have clarified a bit more, I mean as in organise bookmarks inside folders, for example here is my Firefox showing one folder and how I have it organised in sgements using a separator line:
Meanwhile, the exact same bookmarks in folders can only be saved without any organisation inside the folder as Chrome does not allow you to add a separator, so everything is just in there:
Meanwhile, the exact same bookmarks in folders can only be saved without any organisation inside the folder as Chrome does not allow you to add a separator, so everything is just in there:
It was supposedly released ages ago in v132:
Firefox
www.firefox.com
But there's zero mention of it in a recent mozilla DRM article which only talks about Widevine and HTML5:
I can't test it on the potato PC I'm using at the moment. I do recall an extension you could install to get 1080p to work but it stopped working at one point; there may well be newer extensions or other methods but netflix support website now says it officially supports 1080p in Firefox.
Over the years they have raised the DRM minimum hardware requirements so DRM content stopped working on some old PC's that it previously worked on without issue. DRM is a double edged sword I can understand why they want to protect their content but it can stop genuine customers from streaming. The same can be said with DRM in gaming where people with unreliable internet are left unable to even launch some single player games they have paid for if they are offline.
