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Should I use chromium based browsers or firefox? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by 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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[–] 159 points 2 years ago (9 children)

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

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  • [–] 94 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    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

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It doesn't have translations. I use it anyway, but it's a minor inconvenience as I live in a foreign country.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Translations might be coming soon

    https://9to5linux.com/firefox-118-enters-beta-testing-with-the-built-in-translation-feature-for-websites

    Done locally on the device, so no risk of personal info going to some company

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    well? what do you have? I would love to flush my chromecasts but they're so useful.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Have you tried setting browser.casting.enabled = true in Firefox's about:config settings?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

    (Casting from Firefox (beta) on Android.)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I use the tree style tab extension for that.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And with a custom userConfig the top tabs disappear like Edge too

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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.

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