Should I use chromium based browsers or firefox? (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by wtry@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Chromium has better features, but with google announcing its plan to 'drm the internet' I 'm not sure if it'd be a good idea.

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[-] Aatube@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Unless you really like things like CSS Overview and Sleeping Tabs and the intuitive extension bar you should switch to Firefox. It has container tabs and is a lot more resource efficient.

[-] MudMan@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Is it, though? They seem very comparable to me these days.

That, and I'm pretty sure one of the multiple extensions I use to make Youtube watchable has a memory leak, because I do end up having to restart it periodically.

And yeah, I do miss the automatic tab grouping feature, trying to replicate it is such a hassle on Firefox.

Crucially, though, I still main Firefox despite all that, so... I guess that's my vote.

[-] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

I'm pretty sure one of the multiple extensions I use to make Youtube watchable has a memory leak, because I do end up having to restart it periodically.

It's an extension, so has nothing really to do with the browser. That's on par with one star reviews on Amazon because the package was delivered damaged.

[-] BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Tbf I don't think I'd hold YouTube's enshittification against Firefox. Google is very active in trying to ensure users see adverts on YouTube on all platforms, which makes it hard for any extension to stay ahead.

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

I've never encountered such issues and when they do happen they're very random and not "periodically". I have no idea what you mean by "automatic tab grouping" but that did remind of two more features I miss from chromium which I've added.
To me my CPU usage has definintly gone down after switching to waterfox. Edge kept crashing periodically for me.
BTW, do you use any other extensions besides Enhancer, Annotations Restored, SponsorBlock and DeArrow?

[-] MudMan@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Enhancer and a downvote revealer. To @gigglybobble 's point below, I would argue Enhancer is part of Firefox at this point.

And while I do understand that's not your experience, I assure you the issues do occur, and the overall weight and performance of Chrome and default Firefox is about the same. I still prefer Firefox, but I'm not gonna lie about the issues I've found for the sake of promoting it, either.

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

I would not say Enhancer is a part of firefox; the same extension also exists for chrome. However an early 2021 guide did say Firefox wasn't less resource consuming, thanks for that.

Yeah I also have Return Youtube Dislike, forgot to mention that.

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