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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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[–] 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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