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
    2·
    1 year ago

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

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      1 year 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

    • GeekFTW@kbin.social
      0·
      1 year 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.

        • TheGreenGolem@lemm.eeEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

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

          (Casting from Firefox (beta) on Android.)

          • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
            1·
            1 year 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

  • Veraxus@kbin.social
    01·
    1 year ago

    Do not use any Chromium based browser. Full stop.

    • If you are on Mac, I recommend Orion (Webkit based, but Mac only ATM).
    • For every other platform, including Linux, Firefox.

    Honestly, Google has gotten so aggressively evil I’d strongly recommend cutting yourself off from all their products entirely. Consider Kagi instead of Google search and Proton instead of GMail. Other offerings also have alternatives that won’t spy on you, steal your information, or treat you like both a criminal and a product instead of a customer.