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.

  • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
    1633·
    10 months ago

    What better features? Firefox has pretty much everything nowadays, and is as fast as Chrome.

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      952·
      10 months ago

      From the comments I’m noticing a trend

      • Google Chromecast issues
      • Not allowed to do background effects in Google meet

      and from personal experience:

      • issues using the store to update add-ons on Google docs
      • can’t authenticate desktop Google drive

      I use a lot of Google products, but avoid Chrome because of nonsense like this. Firefox works fine for everything else EXCEPT certain Google products. Feels intentional

        • Lemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          10 months ago

          Same with Edge and Microsoft with their Bing bullshit. Big anticonsumer bullies and they wonder why their online share is stuck.

      • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
        13·
        10 months ago

        Google Meet background effects actually work in Firefox if you spoof Firefox user agent to Chrome, I kid you not.

      • Aggy@kbin.social
        5·
        10 months ago

        I have the same experience. At my last company they only used Google meet so I had chrome on my computer just for meetings and nothing else.

      • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        The only time I use chromium is to attach a debugger to GWT (yes, the “G” stands for Google). It runs like absolute trash in Firefox.

        Everything else runs better in FF.

    • metaStatic@kbin.social
      331·
      10 months ago

      This is exactly why companies spend money on marketing, people remember these ideas and internalize them as their justification long after it stops being true. And Chrome being fast hasn’t been true for a long time.

      • iopq@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        10 months ago

        It still wins most benchmarks, so it’s technically true. Although not really enough to matter on desktop where it’s millisecond differences

        • Lemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          I can confirm this, Chrome wins the benchmark tests and some CSS rendering but lags behind in DX. I’m not sure where OP got the idea that Firefox has fewer features from a developer POV.

    • lonkeEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      Native procedural dark mode, Developer CSS Overview, browser extension file access.

      I use Firefox exclusively except for when the second one is useful. I really wish Firefox had those three though.

    • GeekFTW@kbin.social
      72·
      10 months ago

      Chromium browsers have only 1 feature I need: access to the Chromecast API. I have 3, Firefox can’t connect to them and the last 2-3 times I tried the listed 3rd party methods (fx bridge, etc), I could never get it to work.

      Were it not for that, I’d be back on Firefox.

      • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
        171·
        10 months ago

        That’s part of why I avoided getting new Chromecast devices 😄

          • king_tronzington@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            If you ever find one let me know because I’m in the exact same boat as you. Casting videos to my TV is so damn convenient

          • raptir@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter. Despite being Microsoft, it uses Miracast.

            • MowFord@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

              Isn’t Miracast an adhoc wifi network as opposed to simply connecting to an established WiFi network?

      • Dave@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I had a similar need, and it prevented me from moving to FireFox for a long while. Luckily, I did manage to get fx_cast to work, and it’s been flawless ever since. In fact, I’d say it work more reliably than Chrome’s casting!

        • TheGreenGolem@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          Trust me, I’ve tried everything there is. For hours, literally. Nothing worked.

          (Casting from Firefox (beta) on Android.)

          • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
            3·
            10 months ago

            That’s a bummer. Personally, I use an app made to cast web video on android because it has better casting experience (including subtitles support) and wider range of supported websites. The dev is also responsive and would push a fix if you report any site where it doesn’t work: Web Video Caster

    • Marks@kbin.social
      73·
      10 months ago

      Edge’s vertical tabs and grouping. Every solution on Firefox feels half-baked.

    • Zerfallen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      53·
      10 months ago

      On Android tablets, most non-Firefox browsers support a tab bar, and tablet optimised UI. Firefox is just a giant stretched phone layout. I like to use the same browser on all platforms so I can sync tabs, so Firefox being crap on my tablet rules it out for my other devices too.

      • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        I uae Fennec, which is a better (but just okay) android browser from f-droid based on firefox. It has firefox sync. Just fyi.

        • Zerfallen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          I’m really happy with Vivaldi for now, but I’ll have a look into Fennec anyway and maybe give it a spin. Thanks for the info!

    • AustralianSimon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      10 months ago

      Firefox always memory bloats out on me. Mobile app crashes.

      I switched to Brave then moved to Vivaldi. I’ll revisit if FF gets more stable.

    • Rooki@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      even more you can import google addons into firefox ( right now only in nightly builds but it works )