Streaming services seem to lower bitrate when I’m using Firefox vs Brave, so Brave is my go to for streaming.
I use Firefox for everything else.
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rog@lemmy.one 10 months ago
I dont know why anyone would leave chrome and land on something like brave.
If youre ditching chrome, which you should, go to an actual different browser and use Firefox.
Cypher@aussie.zone 10 months ago
FatCat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Firefox and gecko are just not as smooth. I don’t know how you don’t notice this, especially on Android.
exonac@feddit.de 10 months ago
Brave is the only browser I know that can play youtube videos in the background on mobile. Please tell me another browser that can do that. The UX is just really good.
ominouslemon@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Why not use NewPipe?
srecnimacek@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Vivaldi can do that, there is an option in settings. Firefox mobile does that with an addon.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Chromium has metric shit tons of work done that seem to perform great. What I would love to see is for Mozilla to fork Chromium, staff it with enough people to maintain it, add/remove the features they feel are appropriate/inappropriate, and thus reuse the tons of free work Google and others have already done. As a software engineer, I don’t buy the argument that it’s easier to correctly implement every new web feature anew than maintaining a fork. Every large org that ships anything based on Android for example maintains a fork of an even bigger codebase. It’s not as complicated as people make it out to be. It’s not a new problem and there are strategies to manage it. If Mozilla does this, they’ll be able to play an active role in steering by far the biggest rendering engine’s direction, instead of playing opposition with no stake in it. Now downvote away! 😄
Brainsploosh@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I use it as my hardened Firefox doesn’t play well with some government and bank sites
whofearsthenight@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I was using Chrome as a secondary because unfortunately “designed for Chrome” is a thing now, and got sick of Google’s bullshit and thought I was doing better by going to Brave. Unfortunately, it quickly became clear that Brave has its own large ethical holes.
ominouslemon@lemm.ee 10 months ago
When I need a Chromium browser I use Vivaldi. I quite like it!
EricHill78@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Ungoogled Chromium is a great option for a back up. It’s lightweight and works well
mrsgreenpotato@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
I am using Brave mainly because of its superb YouTube support - It has a built in ad block, can download videos offline and play minimized. Is there any way I can achieve this with any other browser? I would switch immediately.
chris2112@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’ve tried Firefox several times but always end up back on chromium due to compatibility; a lot of sites don’t play well with anything but chrome anymore and this is very much something intentionally caused by Google, who have basically taken a page out of Microsoft’s playbook but with a much more mature product that is going to be substantially harder to replace then IE was
Anaralah_Belore223@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Also, if you going to completely ditch chrome/chromium, also stop using Electron apps (which have chromium/Chromium Embedded Framework on them!)
ominouslemon@lemm.ee 10 months ago
That’s gonna be quite difficult, unfortunately
HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nl 10 months ago
What if the apps aren’t for online use?