• sndrtj@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been on Firefox for years. Was never much of a problem, but lately there’s more and more sites that require a Chromium-based browser. Some of them quite crucial. A list from experience:

    1. My bank’s mortgage page
    2. Microsoft Teams - only supports Chrome, safari and edge on MacOs.
    3. Microsoft Office - has weird quirks on MacOs
    4. The new Adobe Express, requires Chrome or Edge
    5. Google Meet - after years google still only supports Chromium-based browsers if you wish to use video effects
    6. Microsoft’s new video editing thing
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        1 year ago

        See this kind of shit is why I pirate, not because I can’t afford to pay $10 a month. When the $10 for a lot of content becomes $10 per month per piece of media you like, and you can’t watch it on your platform of choice, and you can’t watch it on a flight without paying more or not at all, this makes the $5 per month I pay for a VPN sound like a far better service.

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          1 year ago

          It’s true. Edge is the only browser with 4K support. They claim it’s due to improved HTML5 support, but who knows really. I suspect their content delivery network uses some kind of Microsoft proprietary compression or somesuch. I know old Netflix was Silverlight-based due to their DRM.

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            1 year ago

            They use an Edge-exclusive DRM for 4K video on the web. You can just download the Netflix app from the Microsoft Store instead.

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      1 year ago

      Ok, I got it wrong guys

      Chrome has won

      Let’s all go home, install a Chromium-based spyware-laced browser and bow down to our Google overlords.