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Firefox is unbelievably slow when I'm watching youtube videos (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I have about 25 extensions (almost all needed) and firefox lags like crazy, it's like I'm watching the videos at 10 fps. I download chrome to test it out and sure enough it runs as smooth as butter. Any help?

EDIT: It somehow fixed itself after I started using LibreWolf (with the same addons)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try frontend alternatives like piped or invidious

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

unfortunately youtube isn't the only culprit. Firefox just seems laggy in general, the affect is multiplied in youtube and indivious doesn't 1080p or 60 fps :/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Does the same happen on a clean profile? (you can create a new one in about:profiles)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

On my machine it doesn't even run properly after fresh installation and new profile and not one single page opened.

https://lemmy.ml/comment/2609128